Dallas County Living Well Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 48

Social Media is no Longer About
Just Keeping up With Friends
and Family: It’s About Your Job
By Richard Lieberman

H

ave you looked at your friends who are active social media users and thought that they are wasting their time on a silly, frivolous hobby? Perhaps
they are wiser than you think.

By participating in social media such as Facebook or Twitter,
they are preparing themselves for the changing work world.
Businesses are beginning to adopt the social networking model
in the workplace to permit employees to collaborate in new and
more efficient ways.
What can you do to prepare for this rapidly changing
workplace? For one, practice using social networks. If you
lack the ability to use social networks to connect with others, share and obtain information, and communicate your
intentions and ideas, you will be obsolete in the coming
work world. Experts identifying future work skills recently
concluded that: “Connective technologies [like social media] make it easier than ever to work, share ideas and