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The career-ending potential of social media.

Social Media Might Ruin Your Career Given the widespread usage of social media, it is not unexpected that businesses have pounced at the chance to join well-known online networks in order to engage with their customers and use the information supplied to more effectively market their products and services. Social media is being used more frequently in our everyday lives. Many people have a habit of checking their phones and social media accounts as soon as they wake up. We routinely use our real names in bars, broadcast our thoughts and beliefs, share our plans for the weekend and photographs, and these things eventually become public knowledge just like viral videos. Recruitment processes have also moved to social media as a result of the availability of this information and the growing popularity of professional networking. This brings up the concern of how its use can impact prospective future employment opportunities. 60% of employers used social networking sites in 2016, rising dr...

What Age Do You Reach Expertise? When Can You Begin to Call Yourself One?

There are many other careers one might follow and succeed in; nevertheless, for the purposes of this topic, I'll use my own occupation as a photographer. Whether I was acting or making movies, I was always in front of the camera. But during the past five years, I've changed careers, turning into a portrait photographer and doing freelance work for a range of businesses and individuals. I make a decent living from this vocation, and thanks to my success, I've been able to build up a solid network of supporters for it as well as additional sources of income that contribute to my abilities' general development. Have I, however, advanced to the point where I can declare myself a subject matter authority? Am I so certain of my abilities that I can set any fee for a photo shoot and support it with my prior work? Does anyone ever completely master anything, whether they choose to be a photographer or take another path? What is a specialist? One who possesses authoritative know...