The Reality Of Social Media Referrals: You Might Be A Sociopath

Social media is a great way to learn about jobs and build your network. And all of these things might lead to jobs.

But the icky truth about social media referrals: Your friends probably won’t get you a job. Your network might, and surely there’s overlap there, but HR expert John Sumser says in the following video that “your friends aren’t going to get you a job. And if you organized your friends so you had a series of business contacts that would get you a job, they tend to call people like that sociopaths.”

That’s

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Subscribe today!

To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber

View Subscription Options

Already a member? Sign in