Social Media in Business

Last Friday I had an interview. The first question I was asked was "What do you know about our company?". I let them know that I had a very short talk with an employee before and most of the information I had obtained was from the website. When hearing this answer, the interviewer rolled her eyes and said "Ugh. I don't like our website. It isn't the best. It is crazy how social media has changed the way people find information." I started to laugh a little and asked what social media sites that they utilized. She said LinkedIn was the major one and that they were working on creating a Facebook page, but she was not sure how well that would fare for the company. I let her know that I am currently enrolled in a class that is focused on using social media in the business setting and that we have a client that we are assisting with what social media to use and the basics of setting it up. It was very interesting having this talk with a potential employer and immediately being able to offer suggestions on what they should do.