The other day, a Facebook friend posted a snapshot of a young store employee absorbed by a smartphone instead of stocking or cleaning. My 15yo has expressed zero interest in Facebook, though my 11yo is irked that some of her preteen friends already have accounts (despite the official 13+ Facebook policy). But soon I will see someone else in my family sucked into the social media black hole.
Few of the students who can’t keep off of Facebook during class are thriving, but I’m not sure it’s technology’s fault. The students have to be bored with learning first, before they choose to turn to social media for their brain-happy dopamine fix. And as we know, “Chad must be entertained at all costs.”
Newly minted college graduates soon entering the job market could be facing another hurdle besides high unemployment and a sluggish economy. Hiring managers say many perform poorly—sometimes even bizarrely—in job interviews.Human resource professionals say they’ve seen recent college grads text or take calls in interviews, dress inappropriately, use slang or overly casual language, and exhibit other oddball behavior. —CNBC.
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HEAR…that’s embarrassing.
I’ve had similar discussions about trends with recent graduates seeking employment. I did a guest post on a friend’s business blog about some of the whack-jobs we’ve interviewed to work here, as well as one excellent candidate (me). The more I here stories like this, the more I wonder what percentage of the current unemployment rate is due to inept candidates.
Nina Gapinski liked this on Facebook.
On occasion, but not nearly as often as she does. It’s a daily occurrence here. And when she gets tired of listening, she goes to the keyboard with her sheet music and starts playing instead!
I’ll bet you sing along with her, at least sometimes!
Her biggest use of technology is to play songs from musicals at the highest volume she can for the longest amount of time possible while singing at a volume level slightly louder than said piece of technology will allow, thereby driving the mother figure out of her mind and probably most of the neighborhood as well :)
The fact that Alyssa is using technology to *make* something and share it (rather than just consume what marketers want her to consume) is a good sign.
RT @pannapacker: Formality has declined, and that’s not so bad, but texting during job interviews…we need to train students better. http:…
Formality has declined, and that’s not so bad, but texting during job interviews…we need to train students better. http://t.co/LjHuLczR0V
I will admit that I let Alyssa get a Facebook before she turned 13, but she doesn’t spend nearly as much time on it as I thought she would and I monitor what she does and who she talks to pretty closely.