How do you build trust in online communities like Gupshup so that people would be more willing to share information related to jobs and allow people to network online, without knowing each other physically.
I believe the issue of trust is not necessarily the issue. I believe that there are people online on GS that we already trust or mistrust, as far as the info they share about any topic. Perhaps we simply need a way to group those interested in particular career fields in particular areas of the world. Does this make sense? There needs to be maybe another forum designated exclusively to those in need of job opportunities/work force economics/etc who are willing to say "I am in this area of the country, I am working in this field, and here is what I know" Good question - tough answer:)
Are you suggesting a private forum accessable only by certain people?
Other ideas pleasE?
hmcq..I think you set the perfect example of it last week…when I asked for help and you just willingly gave me all the info (and more) that I needed :k:
So i guess a few of the “knowledgeable” ones (like yourself) shoudl form be a “help team” and can provide info to people about variuos issuses/subjects …slowly that team can grow until we have a full fledged community of people giving out correct and useful infomation.
Not a private forum - one that simply identifies this type of group, as LK put it. If it were only accessible by a few, that would defeat its purpose.
still how do you build the trust if its enmass and not one on one like how I was able to help LK cause I knew her. In general people are very wary of giving information or helping enmass to an open public.
For example, look at the post I opened about companies hiring in NA and so far only one person has posted in it. I mean there are thousands of people here all working and have some idea of what their companies position is right now wrt to hiring and could post it on there but they are all either too wary or just dont care. Come on guys its takes a little putting yourself out there to make this work.
hmcq
I think ...well ok here's the deal. I can trust people who don't know me, don't know my family, with information that will not reveal my identity because I come to this board to discuss, have fun and pass time.
I have no obligation to anyone else here other than being respectful, even if I disagree with them or they are being immature. I would assume that many people here are here for the same reasons and have the same sense of responsibility as I do .
....which means that yes, people could network and learn alot from each other but honestly that trust needs to be built on an individual basis. Like you said
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In general people are very wary of giving information or helping enmass to an open public.
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Individually people can choose to share information but as a whole you can't "build" trust because it isn't about trust per se rather what people wish/want to share and do.
sorry to be negative...:(
Amelie I understand all that and when I ment job related networking I dont think you have give a lot of information other then just posting where the opportunities exist and it may keep private information private. However I understand what you say and I as job seeker would like to improve that some how so that people can help me out and vice versa as I look for a job.
Its important not only personally but as a community that we do help each other some how. As for my other post on jobs in NA, that is soo generic that anyone whos done any research on jobs could post on there without any issues whatsoever. And for the people who are working, they could give others an idea of how hiring takes place in their firms.
True hmcq,
however true networking would give a name/recommendation that in this economy will help you get in "the back door" method rather than join the millions applying online.
Yes. So how do we get to that stage.
let me ask here. If your cricle of friends forwarded you a resume from someone whom you did not know and ask you to forward it ahead to someone one else or recommend him, would you do that?
haseeb that truly depends
..a good pal of mine had forwarded me a resume of his cousin who could not get a job. I knew of a position that needed to be filled, I knew the director for the group, gave him the resume, he said okay and passed it on to the HR group, this guy gets through teh first round, they want to fly him in, and guess what.. he does nto show up..
yeah..not that he called and said he was not interested, or have teh courtesy to inform me in addition to HR. He just did not show up..
why..because during the first interview the salary they mentioned was not what he was looking for. we are looking at a 10K/yer diff in expectation vs general salary number given, he could have bargained for 5-6K more easily. This is a guy who was unemployed for almost a year..
I told his cousin who was mad as hell at him, and then this same guy comes back to me because this other thing in the works did not work out..by that time the position had filled. But should I now connect him with my friends at other companies?
I have tried to help people as best I can, and usually there is not an issue. We just have to make sure that when we pass ppl to others, that these ppl are good ppl.