Well said, Ken. As much of a meritocracy as IT is believed to be, people generally get jobs/work/contracts/opportunities because they know someone or because someone knows about them.
These tools make the work of networking that much easier. How you use the tools will dictate how much time they steal or what benefit they facilitate. (Any theft of time by social media requires you to be a willing accomplice) Privacy is certainly a concern, but that's pretty much an endemic problem today across all facets of technology. It's not getting better, that's for sure -- at least not in the short term -- so everyone has to manage that the best way they can without losing all the benefits of the tools available. Either way, people need to see where the trends are going so that they aren't surprised when things shift on them. I notice that many ignore all of these avenues until after some employment unpleasantness takes place, then they're hurrying to catch up. No reason not to control your own destiny up front... *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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] > To: [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 > > ~ 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
