PROS and CONS

While every introduction to something new has its pros and cons. Yes social networking whether it be dating site, or sites where you can find a job have their ups and down. Dating sites such as eharmony.com, match.com you will always take the risk of wondering if they are who they say they are. Did they lie answering the questions, did they post the most recent picture they have of themselves or is it a picture from 40 years ago. Just as anything it’s a judgment call on your behalf, how do you want to proceed in the situation? Are you going to dive in full force, or take a more timid approach?  That is the positive of internet dating site you decide who has the “ball” so to speak. While they may send you a flirt or a wink for initial contact you truly do have the option of where to go next, you could be the one to send a wink, or a flirt.  I think this all has to do with what YOUR personality is like… are you an introvert or an extrovert, trusting or been hurt. The leading personality trait that forces us to make decision is FEAR, fear of rejection, fear of the not knowing.

The introduction to Indeed.com, Monster.com all sites where you can search for jobs, they might be awesome job sites. However, just like any other site you must take the knowledge with grain of salt.   Those websites are great tools for hunting for a job. I myself have used them but I take that information and do research on the company before just shipping my resume into cyber space. Limiting where I send my resume has its pros and cons as well as just letting it be accessible to anyone. I for one know I hate to have my email folders spammed of “notifications”. Albeit I do believe that job websites have been a wonderful thing for those that need to search for jobs in a different area than what they live. Someone who is looking to move across country, or even just a different part of the state. I have found that job website more helpful than hurtful, and for the most part still create human intimacy. You have the phone call to the company, then a lot of places even though have your resume still want you to come in an fill out an application, then you have the interview process, and hopefully after all this you will have a job in which you’re having contact with other people every day.

While social networking has affected forms of personal intimacy, it hasn’t had the worst impact on society as a whole because at the end of the day it’s still OUR decision how much power we let social networking have over our life. Regardless of anything that is introduced we are still the driving force in how things be it the internet, TV, junk food affect our life. That would be like saying the makers of chips caused us to be fat. I truly do think as a society we have forgotten that ownership of the issue, whatever the issue might be, isn’t what was introduced to us but it was how we reacted to the introduced item.