SPE 210 020 Blog #5

                When considering whether or not employers should be allowed to use social (personal) media to screen employee candidates or for those who already employed, there will always be opposing views to the argument. There are not different terms that each side uses; however each side just states more opinionated arguments. The argument is more or less the company or employer versus the everyday person fighting to find a job. For example the employer or company might argue that they are trying to prevent hiring people that have a completely opposite life outside of what they showed in the interview process. On the contrary, people going for jobs may argue that what they do outside of the work place is private and should not be of anyone’s concern if it does not affect their work.

                In my opinion, I believe that my audience should agree that employers and companies should not be allowed to use social media sites to screen candidates and employees. I want them to understand that people deserve to have a life outside of work and should not have to be constantly paranoid that what they do outside of their work place is constantly being watched. That idea I believe would make anyone feel anxious at all time, especially in these tough economic times. My opponents may view this argument in the opposite way. The opponent would make the argument that if they are going to pay someone money than they want to make sure that whoever they are paying will not be a bad investment. My opponent can use arguments like people having strong drug or alcohol problems that eventually translate to the work place. The target audiences for this issue right now I believe are college students or people who have recently graduated. This age group is composed of people who are trying to build their careers or will soon be trying to. This age group also has the most recent and potentially harmful activity on their social media sites. Each argument plays to neutral members of the audience by either scaring them from having social media sites, or refusing to take their information down from social media sites.