Individual purposes of social network sites use for finding jobs and scholarships

The use of social network sites to connect with people is a very much common purpose among online users. The up-to-date used SNSs such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have impacted people life in many different fields. The purpose of the thesis was to investigate the individual purposes of social network sites use among online users for finding jobs and scholarships and empirically explored the awareness among Erasmus students for finding jobs and scholarship through SNSs. One of the most important purposes is finding jobs and scholarships through using SNSs features. This study provided the theoretical aspects in regard to social network sites usage and purposes. Through a web questionnaire, the study investigated the respondents' attitudes about their awareness for finding scholarships through SNSs use. The targeted group was undergraduate and graduate Erasmus scholarship students at Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania for the autumn semester 2014-2015. Two variables were explored in the questionnaire: their current ways and awareness of using SNSs for finding jobs and scholarships; besides the types of SNSs which they are actively using. The results indicate that there is a lack of awareness among online users towards finding jobs and scholarships; this is because they tend to achieve personal matters rather than professional matters. The use of SNSs features such as joining groups, sharing information, following professional people and associations' pages is limited. Further, they are currently using different ways of finding scholarships such as hearing from their institutions or relatives and friends.