In one corner we have Facebook, and the other corner we have LinkedIn.
What are they good at and why should you use them?
Facebook is primarily good for social interactions, but can also be used for work purposes. Facebook is a great medium for friends and family to stay connected even when not together, and it's good to see what people from high school are up to so that you don't have to go to the ten year reunion. It is also a great place to reconnect to those you haven’t seen in years. So many people have a Facebook now that you can search for someone you haven’t seen in 15 years and send them a friend invitation. If you have a business or the business you work for has a Facebook page, then that is a great way to promote it. I personally share posts for my workplace to help promote what we do.
Facebook is also great to find and explore likes even further. For example, if you click on a school you like or attend, you will be given more options of pages to like. Look at the photo below after I liked the IUPUI Facebook page:
LinkedIn is very much like Facebook, but more for business. LinkedIn can be useful if you wanted to branch out and move to another city and find a job, and this is done by connecting with those in that city or profession. For example, if you wanted to connect with others from other libraries and learn how they do things, the site can be good for that.
Both can be good to help one's career. For library and information science professionals, for example, one can like different library pages on Facebook or connect with library professionals on LinkedIn. Both ways allow a person to contact someone and learn more about the person/library.
Both sites have their benefits so why not use both?
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