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Would You Hire Someone Who Uses Twitter During Work?

Went Hot: April 9, 2008 - 1:25 am
Posted By: MattMcGee 453 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: Networking

Lisa Barone asks: "Is the new connected employee, the one that reaches out to industry contacts via Facebook and stays in the loop during the day via Twitter, a resource for the business they work for or a time-sucking liability?"

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from planetc1 453 days ago #

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Depends, are they talking about their boy/girl friend all day or are they connecting with others in the industry? There is a balance where they can do both and still be productive, but I'd set some guidelines for twittering while at work.

Don't tell my boss. ;)

from toddmintz 453 days ago #

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Would Marchex? :.)

from ANOnym 452 days ago #

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Obviously, there should be a healthy balance of staying in touch and wasting time sharing meaningless stuff 5 hours a day. 20% of actions yield 80% of results, so that should be a good rule of thumb here, too.

from NickWilsdon 452 days ago #

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It all depends on the employee, how responsible they are and what they are getting out of it. There are *plenty* on ways to waste time online. They can be hitting facebook, myspace, chat programs, email virals, online gaming, betting/gambling or even spending time on dating sites (yep had that before!).

I would consider all of these worse than Twitter as they aren't even vaguely work related.

You have to give people some slack at work, but I'd expect there to be a justifiable and positive benefit to the company for activities done in company time.

from sonnygill 452 days ago #

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Agree with the prevous comments - it depends on how it's utilized and what the person's actual job function is. If staying connected and communicating with industry leaders through Twitter will benefit them and their job, then go for it.

from DarkMatter 452 days ago #

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In the past I have actually used traditional IM apps at work; occasionally when I ran into a problem it was nice to have people to help me out or bounce ideas off. I stopped using it though because personally I though it was eating away at my time in tiny increments.

When my mind is focused on a problem/task, the last thing I need is an unrelated IM or Twitter.

from BrettFromTibet 451 days ago #

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I think Twitter / IM / IRC is a huge time suck. I'm self-employed so I try to avoid it during work hours - how can I really focus on building links, writing copy, fixing code - with an online chat going on? The answer is, I can only do so with the faction of the effectiveness that I am capable of without it.