Can you share with us how you arrived at this understanding? I think your statement is intriguing.lvpedersen wrote:It is my understanding that the new LDS Employment database is going to have some "social networking" ability...
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ASTD - Spotlight On Social Networking
ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) has this to say about social networking in the November issue of T&D (Training & Development) Magazine:
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ASTD will be changing its online networking strategy to embrace the Web’s most popular sites. For the past year, ASTD has been growing its presence on multiple popular online networking websites and we’d like you to join us there... social networking with ASTD members and learning professionals has never been hotter. We encourage you to join us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and the ASTD Member Directory. See how social networking can change your
professional network.
Visit www.youtube.com/watchv=6a_KF7TYKVc to see how social networking can work for you.
Visit www.youtube.com/watchv=6a_KF7TYKVc to see how social networking can work for you.
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ASTD on LinkedIn
LinkedIn.com is a professional network. LinkedIn allows you to see other peoples’ professional connections, which helps you find the right person for the open position you need filled, get answers to tough questions, or score an informational interview at a company you want to work for. Not only are thousands of workplace learning and performance professionals joining LinkedIn, but they are joining the ASTD LinkedIn group as well. To join LinkedIn, go to www.LinkedIn.com. Once you’ve created your profile, join the
“ASTD National” LinkedIn Group www.LinkedIn.com/e/gis/48422 Our group has
almost 3,000 members and shows no signs of slowing down!
“ASTD National” LinkedIn Group www.LinkedIn.com/e/gis/48422 Our group has
almost 3,000 members and shows no signs of slowing down!
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lvpedersen
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The Art of Making Online 'Friends'
The Art of Making Online 'Friends'
from The Wall Steet Journal Online
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[INDENT]Is it time to finally succumb to all those requests from annoying people who want to be your "friend" on Facebook or LinkedIn? If you have so far resisted befriending people that you wouldn't normally call a friend in real life, here's a good reason to acquiesce: these acquaintances could come in very handy when looking for a job or a new career.
You may already have a perfectly satisfactory career. But in our brutal economic environment, we all live with a tiny corner of dread in our souls about being voted off the island. Despite their reputations as time-wasting dens of iniquity, social networks used wisely can be productive support groups.
On a social network, you build up what is known in sociology circles as your "weak ties." It turns out that people can often get jobs and spouses through people to whom they have weak ties -- meaning acquaintances rather than their best friends.
Weak ties are particularly good for job searching, Mr. Granovetter argued, because acquaintances can expose a job candidate to a much wider range of possibilities than his or her close friends can. "Your weak ties are your windows on the world," says Mr. Granovetter. He says he accepts friend requests "if I know the person, whether I like them or not."
Of course, online safety experts recommend only friending people you know in real life, and not putting your personal information such as home address and cellphone number on your profile....No matter, you are not really becoming their friend. Accept their friend request. Because next week, they may be posting this headline online: "Looking for a new CEO of my startup."
Recently, Jim Bankoff, a senior adviser at Providence Equity Partners, was looking for a developer for one of his startups...Mr. Bankoff changed his Facebook status update to "Looking for a rails developer who likes to chat about sports." The message was distributed to his 818 friends. Within days, Bankoff's acquaintances had forwarded him two candidates for the job.
In the past, Mr. Bankoff conducted such informal job hunts by sending out emails to his friends. But Facebook brought him a different set of candidates: "The two people I got the leads from were not people I would have thought to include (in an email)," Mr. Bankoff says. Social networks can also help you mask the fact that you're looking for a job. Harvard Business School Professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski describes this phenomenon as the "pooling effect."
And haven't you ever noticed that the most persistent befrienders on social networks are people who have just been laid off? They're quickly trying to build up their weak ties, but without the benefit of the pooling effect.
I recommend you build your weak ties before you're voted off the island.
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from The Wall Steet Journal Online
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[INDENT]Is it time to finally succumb to all those requests from annoying people who want to be your "friend" on Facebook or LinkedIn? If you have so far resisted befriending people that you wouldn't normally call a friend in real life, here's a good reason to acquiesce: these acquaintances could come in very handy when looking for a job or a new career.
You may already have a perfectly satisfactory career. But in our brutal economic environment, we all live with a tiny corner of dread in our souls about being voted off the island. Despite their reputations as time-wasting dens of iniquity, social networks used wisely can be productive support groups.
On a social network, you build up what is known in sociology circles as your "weak ties." It turns out that people can often get jobs and spouses through people to whom they have weak ties -- meaning acquaintances rather than their best friends.
Weak ties are particularly good for job searching, Mr. Granovetter argued, because acquaintances can expose a job candidate to a much wider range of possibilities than his or her close friends can. "Your weak ties are your windows on the world," says Mr. Granovetter. He says he accepts friend requests "if I know the person, whether I like them or not."
Of course, online safety experts recommend only friending people you know in real life, and not putting your personal information such as home address and cellphone number on your profile....No matter, you are not really becoming their friend. Accept their friend request. Because next week, they may be posting this headline online: "Looking for a new CEO of my startup."
Recently, Jim Bankoff, a senior adviser at Providence Equity Partners, was looking for a developer for one of his startups...Mr. Bankoff changed his Facebook status update to "Looking for a rails developer who likes to chat about sports." The message was distributed to his 818 friends. Within days, Bankoff's acquaintances had forwarded him two candidates for the job.
In the past, Mr. Bankoff conducted such informal job hunts by sending out emails to his friends. But Facebook brought him a different set of candidates: "The two people I got the leads from were not people I would have thought to include (in an email)," Mr. Bankoff says. Social networks can also help you mask the fact that you're looking for a job. Harvard Business School Professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski describes this phenomenon as the "pooling effect."
And haven't you ever noticed that the most persistent befrienders on social networks are people who have just been laid off? They're quickly trying to build up their weak ties, but without the benefit of the pooling effect.
I recommend you build your weak ties before you're voted off the island.
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LinkedIn Group: Stake & Ward Employment Specialists
Check out a new LinkedIn Group for LDS Stake and Ward Employment Specialists that desire to share experiences, ideas, knowledge, and stories about Employment and how they can magnify their callings.
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