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Will Social Experience Impact Your Potential?

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Today as I was working, I noticed an interesting post on Twitter from @treypennington

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It seems Best Buy is looking for a Sr Manager – Emerging Media Marketing Job. The notice lists the usually stuff – exactly what you would expect on an employee opportunity notice. Except for the Preferred Qualifications:

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In addition to experience and a graduate degree, they would also like you to have at least 250 followers on Twitter.

Wow.

What is this saying about the impact of our future? That we as a society and as potential job holders really need to get with the current times, follow trends, and use current technology to remain players in the job market.

I love it.

This year I worked with my local school district, and presented at many of the PTCO groups. My main goal was to educate parents on the need to learn social networking skills, and not ban their children from using sites like Facebook. I discussed the fact that children need to be experts in this technology to even hope to compete in the future, and part of that is letting them understand the technology now while they are young.

I had a lot of mixed reactions. Some remained terrified of it all. But most went away with a new understanding, and the desire to hop onto it themselves, and monitor their children as they started in with the new technology.

The best course of action for all business owners and employees alike is to embrace new technology, and understand that it isn’t a fad. It won’t be going away. You can’t ignore it or it will impact your future. Possibly greater than you think.

What’s your opinion?

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Lori Osterberg

Lori Osterberg is a writer, photographer, serial entrepreneur and business coach. She writes regularly on reinvention, second careers, starting a business, and having it all (or at least giving it a shot) on her site VisionOfSuccess.com

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  1. No question about it. Just as we abruptly entered the Information age in the late 80’s or early 90’s, we are now graduating into what I’m calling the Creative Age. Because of the internet, websites, blogs, and social networking – this is an exciting time, where the right brain can be re-activised, creativity can thrive, and the entrepreneurial spirit is resurrected within common people who have dreams and desire. I’m overwhelmed by it all, but excited at the same time like never before. What a great time to be living!