Though this is only relevant to high schoolers and college students, on-campus organizations also frequently use facebook profiles to determine if a particular student will get a job or award. I was a senior last year and actually received a lecture from an organization advisor about making sure our facebook profiles weren't obscene. I knew exactly what he was talking about, as I'd just recently finished interviewing candidates for an Executive Board, and of course we facebooked them. We were curious to know how they interacted with others, what they were interested in, etc. Facebook wasn't the sole decider, but it provided another view. People will use whatever resources they can to help them decide who's going to be on their team, provided its within the confines of the law to do so (and college orgs arent subjected to hiring laws).
University committees also use facebook profiles to decide award/scholarship recipients, and admission staffs use facebook to decide who's coming to a university.
Also, technical note - facebook profiles are generally hard to fake as they're linked to a person's official university account, which is visible in their profile.
Facebook profiles may not provide a comprehensive view of a person, but an interview doesn't necessarily do so either.
M-W lists the verb meaning of "import" as archaic, but not the noun. The ultimate authority, Google, will give many results for the phrase "of such import" (-export to eliminate import/export talk).;)
the point of the article is user comprehension. if you didnt immediately understand what he meant by such import, then perhaps it wasnt the best phrase to use. but maybe he'd like to bring the phrase back into more common use so he doesn't have to write out "importance" on his slides (= more room for pretty graphics!)
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Though this is only relevant to high schoolers and college students, on-campus organizations also frequently use facebook profiles to determine if a particular student will get a job or award. I was a senior last year and actually received a lecture from an organization advisor about making sure our facebook profiles weren't obscene. I knew exactly what he was talking about, as I'd just recently finished interviewing candidates for an Executive Board, and of course we facebooked them. We were curious to know how they interacted with others, what they were interested in, etc. Facebook wasn't the sole decider, but it provided another view. People will use whatever resources they can to help them decide who's going to be on their team, provided its within the confines of the law to do so (and college orgs arent subjected to hiring laws). University committees also use facebook profiles to decide award/scholarship recipients, and admission staffs use facebook to decide who's coming to a university. Also, technical note - facebook profiles are generally hard to fake as they're linked to a person's official university account, which is visible in their profile. Facebook profiles may not provide a comprehensive view of a person, but an interview doesn't necessarily do so either.
M-W lists the verb meaning of "import" as archaic, but not the noun. The ultimate authority, Google, will give many results for the phrase "of such import" (-export to eliminate import/export talk). ;)
the point of the article is user comprehension. if you didnt immediately understand what he meant by such import, then perhaps it wasnt the best phrase to use. but maybe he'd like to bring the phrase back into more common use so he doesn't have to write out "importance" on his slides (= more room for pretty graphics!)
Main Entry: import Pronunciation: 'im-"pOrt, -"port Function: noun 1 : IMPORTANCE; www.m-w.com