Goodbye Resumes, Hello Social Media?

I recently read an article that questioned whether resumes would become obsolete. The author, a very talented man by the name of Doug Gross, interviewed companies and asked them about their hiring process.

The results were intriguing. Most businesses claimed that perusing someone’s Facebook or Twitter would tell them more about a worker than a resume. Some companies went so far to say that they would hire based on a bit of social stalking.

To us in the technological world, this makes sense. Social media is a tool. It would be foolish not to use it. Running someone’s name through Facebook or Twitter is really just a business doing its due diligence— a background check of sorts.

However, how long this tool will be available to companies is questionable. If you haven’t noticed, social media is a touchy subject. It began as a personal outlet and remains as such today. Even if businesses started using social media to solely recruit from, a little issue called invasion of privacy is bound to get in the way.

Our advice would be not to write off resumes just yet, but we would love to hear what you think. Is it smart to focus more effort on social media platforms than a resume?