We keep hearing the future of work is changing – we will be
doing things differently. Ten years ago
there was no Facebook, people could find work without a resume and a job search
tool was the newspaper’s want ads.
Offices had walls. Fast forward
to today where resumes are a job search requirement and the internet is an
important job search tool. Social media
sites like Facebook have changed the way people find jobs. A growing number of employers are seeing Facebook
as a tool to recruit new employees. In
some cases, employers are using Facebook
as a tool to not screen out potential employees because the employer “googled”
the potential employee and saw unfavourable pictures or foul mouthed posts on
Facebook that didn’t leave the employer with a good impression. Facebook is influencing the job search. But can Facebook influence what kind of office
my son will work in 5, 10 years from now?
Maybe. Facebook’s headquarters in
California is a described as eco-friendly, office and cubicle free. Check out pictures of “life inside their new
headquarters” at: http://techland.time.com/2012/02/02/photos-inside-facebook-headquarters/#end
Is this the office building of the future? Who knows.
