Social media seems to be the latest sensation in today's society. Popular social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter dominate the Internet domain. Social media includes various websites that contain online profiles of different people information that they choose to share about themselves. It also connects people to each other through different media streams such as videos, images, and comments. According to Social Media Today, “seventy-two percent of all Internet users are now active on social media” (Romeri, 2014). Facebook has over a billion users and Instagram has over a hundred million active users (Romeri, 2014). These statistics illustrate our culture's extensive use of social media. It is therefore important to recognize the impact that social media has on our communities and how it affects different aspects of daily life. One aspect of life that social media is starting to impact is the world of work. Extensive research has shown that employers are now using several different social media feeds to discover potential future employees. As a result, it is becoming increasingly clear that social media is influencing the employee selection and recruitment process in the workplace. When social media was developed, it was intended to allow people all over the world to be able to connect with each other. Today, social media is used for much more than just communicating with each other. Social networks have become revenue sources for several companies in terms of advertising, sales and even distribution of their products. Social media now even has an impact on the way some companies recruit their employees. There has been research that... middle of article ...... or hiring the next CEO on LinkedIn, social media is impacting many businesses as a whole. Ultimately, it is up to the employer to decide whether or not an employee is hired. However, social media still seems to have an effect on employee recruitment. These sites can provide true insight into the employee and validate whether the employer is making the right selection choice. The popularity, advantages, disadvantages, legality and future of social networks are currently influencing many businesses and show why it is useful to hire employees using them. In the future, the employee selection process through social media may become a more regular process, like filling out an online application. Even though the future cannot be predicted completely, it is still possible to make it known that social media has some impact on a company's hiring decisions...