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Social media may be too real for your own career’s good

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What does your social media use say about you? In many ways, what one posts to social media can reveal more than you want — about you and potentially your employer. No doubt, what one writes on Facebook and posts to Instagram points to what you think matters, what you … Read More

Facebook Users Who Share Too Much Are Sad and Lonely

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BXYTTG Facebook website page with Facebook logo and magnifying glass.. Image shot 2011. Exact date unknown.

Know someone on Facebook who updates their status every half an hour, likes approximately two thousand corporate pages, and won’t stop poking you? It’s okay, they’re probably miserable and depressed. In a study published in Computers and Human Behaviour, researchers Facebook uses who describe themselves as “lonely” are more likely … Read More

Generation Gaps in the Workplace

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Alright, let’s get the generational platitudes out of the way: Baby Boomers are cranky and hard working, Millennials are entitled but tech savvy, and Generation X . . . listens to a lot of Nirvana? Whatever. The point is, generation gaps exist and can seem colossal, but we can do … Read More

Your Distressing Post-Breakup Social Media Behaviour

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Problem You’ve just broken up and you’re committed to making this as clean a break as possible. Reality Social media is about to ruin your plans in a big, big way. Method A study published in Information, Communication, and Society surveyed hundreds of young people accustomed to ‘electronic surveillance’ (their … Read More

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