I've been without Employment for Seven Months and I went to a workshop today. I need to work on my networking and for that purpose I have swallowed my pride and Joined Facebook—Though I kept my personal details at a minimum; Facebook does not instill confidence in me as far as security and privacy are concerned.
Ahhh...that clears things up a bit!
ReplyDeleteYou can always disable it, if you like, after you get a job.
ReplyDeleteI've been facing the same foot dragging regarding starting an account, but for slightly different reasons. Mostly that I hate how impersonal the whole thing is. Yeah, you have all these friends, but you're not really having a personal conversation with them. The reason I'm finally considering caving in is that I'm half-way around the world, and I'm meeting a lot of great people, who use Facebook as their primary (or only) mode of communication. If I don't start an account it seems pretty unlikely that I'll ever hear from these people again. I'll be interested to hear how you adapt to using it, and if you think you'll keep going after the immediate prompts driving you there are lessened.
ReplyDeleteYou could try linked in. I don't know much about it but I hear that it is specifically for finding a job in contrast to facebook, which is specifically for socializing. I'm not sure how much of a risk it is though because it can only know what you tell it and with half a billion users there's a one in five-hundred-million chance that someone will come across you and steal your info, supposing that there is any to steal.
ReplyDeleteOh, according to the workshop, I'm supposed to used Linked In as well. The guy that gave the Workshop wrote a book titled: I'm On Linked In, Now What?
ReplyDeleteOh, I SO agree with you about the security and privacy.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the job hunt. (If you're shy on money, you can always be a substitute teacher, you know. It's a good temporary job while you hunt for a real job.)