Networking has always been important to finding work. You used to do it at work, user groups etc. Now you can also do it via LinkedIn or a blog etc.
I think you’re confusing Facebook (a specific social media implementation) with digital networking/reputation (as a general concept) Cheers Ken From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Career and Social Media +1000 I do not have a facebook account, nor any other social media account other than LinkedIn. Work and personal life are as separate as I can make them. Social media is a time stealer and a privacy invader. Kurt On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I am glad I am getting close to the end of my career. I really dislike using things like Facebook for anything more than keeping in touch with family/friends. LinkedIN is about the only "social media" I use for business. I like to keep the two very separate from each other. Jon ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: OT: Career and Social Media Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:49:52 +0000 I can attest to that. My last two jobs have come because social media. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro From: Andrew S. Baker Sent: March 21, 2013 6:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Career and Social Media http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2013-03-21/ This is the new reality, folks. You don't have to embrace it, but to fight it is going to be career limiting . Within 5 years, it will be a major factor in employment... Who knows about you is becoming as important as what you know. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
