Comments on: Social Tools – The worst that could’ve happened to Recruitment? http://www.latinocean.com/blog/2009/12/01/social-tools-%e2%80%93-the-worst-that-could%e2%80%99ve-happened-to-recruitment/ Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kevin Wheeler http://www.latinocean.com/blog/2009/12/01/social-tools-%e2%80%93-the-worst-that-could%e2%80%99ve-happened-to-recruitment/comment-page-1/#comment-19613 Kevin Wheeler Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:25:29 +0000 http://www.latinocean.com/blog/?p=325#comment-19613 New technologies are frequently misused until w beegin t udnerstand how they are different from the old ones. Social media is no different. When we use LinkedIn or Facebook the way we use job boards or a database, we are bound to think they are just clumsy ways of doing what we are already good at. <br> <br>The challenge is to learn how to use the differences in these tools to our advantage. To do that requires a new set of skills and habits that younger people often (but not always) have "built in" probably becuase they haven't learned any other way. For older folks,we have to re-learn, experiment and accept some lost time and energy in the process. But this is the price of learning. The investment will pay back many fold over time. <br> <br>So, yu are right that misusin these tools may be worse than not using them at all - unless we are willing to learn and improve by getting feedback, making changes in our work habits, and honing new skills. New technologies are frequently misused until w beegin t udnerstand how they are different from the old ones. Social media is no different. When we use LinkedIn or Facebook the way we use job boards or a database, we are bound to think they are just clumsy ways of doing what we are already good at.

The challenge is to learn how to use the differences in these tools to our advantage. To do that requires a new set of skills and habits that younger people often (but not always) have “built in” probably becuase they haven't learned any other way. For older folks,we have to re-learn, experiment and accept some lost time and energy in the process. But this is the price of learning. The investment will pay back many fold over time.

So, yu are right that misusin these tools may be worse than not using them at all – unless we are willing to learn and improve by getting feedback, making changes in our work habits, and honing new skills.

]]> By: Kevin Wheeler http://www.latinocean.com/blog/2009/12/01/social-tools-%e2%80%93-the-worst-that-could%e2%80%99ve-happened-to-recruitment/comment-page-1/#comment-19610 Kevin Wheeler Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:25:29 +0000 http://www.latinocean.com/blog/?p=325#comment-19610 New technologies are frequently misused until w beegin t udnerstand how they are different from the old ones. Social media is no different. When we use LinkedIn or Facebook the way we use job boards or a database, we are bound to think they are just clumsy ways of doing what we are already good at.<br><br>The challenge is to learn how to use the differences in these tools to our advantage. To do that requires a new set of skills and habits that younger people often (but not always) have "built in" probably becuase they haven't learned any other way. For older folks,we have to re-learn, experiment and accept some lost time and energy in the process. But this is the price of learning. The investment will pay back many fold over time. <br><br>So, yu are right that misusin these tools may be worse than not using them at all - unless we are willing to learn and improve by getting feedback, making changes in our work habits, and honing new skills. New technologies are frequently misused until w beegin t udnerstand how they are different from the old ones. Social media is no different. When we use LinkedIn or Facebook the way we use job boards or a database, we are bound to think they are just clumsy ways of doing what we are already good at.

The challenge is to learn how to use the differences in these tools to our advantage. To do that requires a new set of skills and habits that younger people often (but not always) have “built in” probably becuase they haven't learned any other way. For older folks,we have to re-learn, experiment and accept some lost time and energy in the process. But this is the price of learning. The investment will pay back many fold over time.

So, yu are right that misusin these tools may be worse than not using them at all – unless we are willing to learn and improve by getting feedback, making changes in our work habits, and honing new skills.

]]> By: servantofchaos http://www.latinocean.com/blog/2009/12/01/social-tools-%e2%80%93-the-worst-that-could%e2%80%99ve-happened-to-recruitment/comment-page-1/#comment-19609 servantofchaos Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:15:55 +0000 http://www.latinocean.com/blog/?p=325#comment-19609 Agree Jorge. There are huge opportunities, but they require new ways of thinking. You can't use old techniques in these new, social (and socially transparent) mediums. Agree Jorge. There are huge opportunities, but they require new ways of thinking. You can't use old techniques in these new, social (and socially transparent) mediums.

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