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		<title>Want to Work at Salesforce? Better Have a Klout Score of 35 or Higher</title>

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					<link>http://betabeat.com/2012/09/you-may-not-work-at-salesforce-unless-you-have-a-klout-score-of-35-or-higher/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_64162" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://ongig.com/jobs/Salesforce.com/Community-Manager-Salesforce.com-Financial-Distric"><img class="size-medium wp-image-64162" title="Salesforce5" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/salesforce5.jpeg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="201" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">No non-influencers allowed. (Photo: OnGig)</p></div></p>
<p>It's been building for a while now. <a href="http://www.klout.com">Klout</a>, a social media power user index that is totally <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/08/klout-is-now-totes-based-on-science-so-you-should-feel-extra-bad-about-your-score/">based on science</a> and not at all on meaningless, imaginary metrics, has officially nudged its way into the competitive job market.</p>
<p>Last November, we <a href="http://betabeat.com/2011/09/you-may-soon-be-able-to-get-a-credit-line-based-on-your-klout-score/">told</a> you that you might soon be able to get a credit line based on your Klout score (no word on if that ever actually became a thing). Then in April, we <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/04/having-a-low-klout-score-can-now-ruin-your-life/">reported</a> on someone whose interview was stopped short as soon as his boss discovered his Klout score was an abysmal 34. And if <a href="http://ongig.com/jobs/Salesforce.com/Community-Manager-Salesforce.com-Financial-Distric">this</a> Salesforce job ad is any indication, now the floodgates have finally opened: having a passable Klout score is creeping into "desired skills." How long before it's a job requirement?</p>
<p><!--more--><a href="http://ongig.com/jobs/Salesforce.com/Community-Manager-Salesforce.com-Financial-Distric">According</a> to a community manager job posting from the cloud-obsessed Salesforce.com, an important and desired skill for getting hired is a "Klout score of 35 or higher."</p>
<p>To be fair, the community manager role requires a robust knowledge of social media platforms and how to manage them. But don't you think anyone with that kind of experience would know that Klout is complete bullshit?</p>
<p>(h/t <a href="http://www.twitter.com/spencerchen">Spencer Chen</a>)</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_64162" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://ongig.com/jobs/Salesforce.com/Community-Manager-Salesforce.com-Financial-Distric"><img class="size-medium wp-image-64162" title="Salesforce5" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/salesforce5.jpeg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="201" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">No non-influencers allowed. (Photo: OnGig)</p></div></p>
<p>It's been building for a while now. <a href="http://www.klout.com">Klout</a>, a social media power user index that is totally <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/08/klout-is-now-totes-based-on-science-so-you-should-feel-extra-bad-about-your-score/">based on science</a> and not at all on meaningless, imaginary metrics, has officially nudged its way into the competitive job market.</p>
<p>Last November, we <a href="http://betabeat.com/2011/09/you-may-soon-be-able-to-get-a-credit-line-based-on-your-klout-score/">told</a> you that you might soon be able to get a credit line based on your Klout score (no word on if that ever actually became a thing). Then in April, we <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/04/having-a-low-klout-score-can-now-ruin-your-life/">reported</a> on someone whose interview was stopped short as soon as his boss discovered his Klout score was an abysmal 34. And if <a href="http://ongig.com/jobs/Salesforce.com/Community-Manager-Salesforce.com-Financial-Distric">this</a> Salesforce job ad is any indication, now the floodgates have finally opened: having a passable Klout score is creeping into "desired skills." How long before it's a job requirement?</p>
<p><!--more--><a href="http://ongig.com/jobs/Salesforce.com/Community-Manager-Salesforce.com-Financial-Distric">According</a> to a community manager job posting from the cloud-obsessed Salesforce.com, an important and desired skill for getting hired is a "Klout score of 35 or higher."</p>
<p>To be fair, the community manager role requires a robust knowledge of social media platforms and how to manage them. But don't you think anyone with that kind of experience would know that Klout is complete bullshit?</p>
<p>(h/t <a href="http://www.twitter.com/spencerchen">Spencer Chen</a>)</p>
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