Essay 2 Revised
Technology Benefits and Worries Although “Job Candidates and Facebook” by Wei Du and “Gone With the Windows” by Dorothy Nixon both recognize the advancements in technology, Du’s essay describes the benefits of technology using advancements like social media while Nixon’s approach to technology addresses her concerns for the future historians. Advancements in technology bring an infinite number of possibilities and benefits to its users. One example is used in Du’s essay in which he explains the benefits of hiring managers who use social media profiles to help aid with potential job offerings. Employers in the health and financial industry especially, are using technology more aggressively as part of their due diligence check.
Hiring managers are using social networking websites like Facebook to scan a potential hire for job placement. In fact, in most recent polls “35 percent of hiring managers use Google to do online background checks on job candidates, and 23 percent look people up on social networking sites” (Du 230). The use of social networks is very popular amongst hiring managers because it is convenient and fairly simple to use, even if many of the hiring managers are older than the typical Facebook generation. Social networks easily show any hiring manager, no matter what age, a job candidate’s skills and interests.
As easy as it is to log on a computer and the benefits of what technology has given, there still are many concerns individuals have about technology. Even though technology brings many benefits, the concerns are clearly addressed in Dorothy Nixon’s “Gone with the Windows.” Nixon acknowledges that digital technology makes everything easy because it allows amazing moments and experiences to be captured. Digital technology allows anyone to capture amazing moments and effortlessly share to the world. Nixon states, “And, still, my son’s record of his once-in-a lifetime experience is lost forever” (Nixon 235). Nixon clearly expresses her
Hiring managers are using social networking websites like Facebook to scan a potential hire for job placement. In fact, in most recent polls “35 percent of hiring managers use Google to do online background checks on job candidates, and 23 percent look people up on social networking sites” (Du 230). The use of social networks is very popular amongst hiring managers because it is convenient and fairly simple to use, even if many of the hiring managers are older than the typical Facebook generation. Social networks easily show any hiring manager, no matter what age, a job candidate’s skills and interests.
As easy as it is to log on a computer and the benefits of what technology has given, there still are many concerns individuals have about technology. Even though technology brings many benefits, the concerns are clearly addressed in Dorothy Nixon’s “Gone with the Windows.” Nixon acknowledges that digital technology makes everything easy because it allows amazing moments and experiences to be captured. Digital technology allows anyone to capture amazing moments and effortlessly share to the world. Nixon states, “And, still, my son’s record of his once-in-a lifetime experience is lost forever” (Nixon 235). Nixon clearly expresses her