SOCIAL MEDIA & YOUR JOB

[Carsman]

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I had a job interview, being in a remote location I can only do them by phone unless I am in town. I had one recently that asked if we could do a video chat through facebook. At first I thought, "Excellent!" I even told them that a video chat would probably not be possible from where I live because the bandwidth is so slow.
Then I realized-Why would I want to friend someone who is going to be a potential employer?!?!
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So I definitely said, "Yeah video chat won't work up here, sorry"
I really have nothing to hide and maybe it would be fine, but I try to keep business and personal as separate as I can.

Yeah I try and keep business and personal separate too. That's why I felt a bit uncomfortable when my office manager offered to come to our old house in Hoosick Falls with his brother to see if his brother could help us fix our furnace. I had only been on the job 7 months.

I'm glad I don't have my work friends on Facebook but I do feel left out sometimes when I hear them talking about pictures they shared or events they invited each other to, or games they play with each other.

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That's OK, you have fun playing with yourself!

Reminds me of when I was young and naïve and called pretend time/goofing off time with my brothers "Playing something with Ourselves" and my older brothers would be like "Lets call it something else" I didn't understand why at the time but I do now.

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