Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Change in Work Culture - Advent of Social Networking Sites

Today, Social Networking and instant messaging, are becoming more and more popular. It has started replacing the standard business call and the client handshake.

While e-mail is still the leading technology tool . The usage of text messaging, instant messaging and social networking are becoming very popular with white collar workers under 35 years of age.

According to a recent survey by Directions Research Inc, in the United States,in the 21st century,because of the leap in new technology and with shifting demographics of workforce the traditional way of business would rapidly change and more business will be conducted using emerging communications technologies and social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin.

The technologies that people preferred to use in their private lives will become the technologies people want to use at work. The survey found that nearly one in three such employees report that they use these technologies at work daily.


So what are u waiting for ?? get yourself onto one of the Social Networking sites and network away..:)

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