Comments on: Confessions of a Facebook Snob

By: Adventures of a Twitter Fanatic « @ITtechExec & @rezlady: Technical Resumes & Personal Branding

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:56:44 +0000

[...] to installment 3 of my series on social media marketing for job seekers. My first post was called Confessions of a Facebook Snob, which I followed up with Facebook and the Midlife Crisis, two posts highlighting what I see as [...]

By: @Rezlady & @ITtechExec: Career Pros for Technical Candidates

@Rezlady & @ITtechExec: Career Pros for Technical Candidates — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:43:08 +0000

Thanks, Sonam! Oh my, 8000 “friends”!?! I could hardly handle a couple hundred My hope in wriitng the post was to tell my job seeker clients that it is OK to have a small network when it comes to Facebook. People seem to go to one extreme (i.e., 8000 friends..lol!) or another (i.e., refuse to even add it to their job search arsenal) and end up missing the possibilities that Facebook could offer. In my opinion, social media is most effective when you can build not just a network, but an engaged network (and typically that happens with smaller groups or “communities”). Then it actually means something and is more effective (aka it’s worth a hug!).

Thanks again!

Sheree

By: Sonam Sareen

Sonam Sareen — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:06:32 +0000

I so agree with you on this ‘hugging’ issue. I don’t have a problem hugging someone close to me yet having someone I barely know touch me is outrageous.
I never saw the ‘hugging’ syndrome with Facebook but I did ask myself: “Out of these thousands of FB friends, who will really be here for me or who adds value to my life.” I had to create a new account and re-add those who did add value. I dumped +-8000 friends and ended up with 90 very hugable people!

Love the post!