Many of you who are reading this are “friends” with your parents. They have figured out how to sign up, compile a profile, and slowly ruin your “cool” reputation on Facebook by posting baby pictures on your page.

So out of curiosity, we did a survey in our office.  We asked 15 people if their parents are on Facebook.

  • 1 said both parents are on Facebook
  • 10 said one parent is on Facebook (one of those was a dad and the other nine are moms)
  • 4 said neither is on Facebook

These numbers made us wonder if those parents who are actually on Facebook, use it as a job search tool.

According to an article by Careerealsim, Gen X didn’t get email until (approximately) their senior year of college or thereafter.  They also say, at the start of the social media craze, these sites came and went (ie. Friendster, MySpace).  Therefore Gen Xers weren’t sure if social media was reputable and were unsure how to use it.

With that being said, we want to ask you too.  Are your parents on Facebook? If so, do they use Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, to find new opportunities?