Seven ways to stay updated: An essential aspect of your Professional Life

Sep 9, 05

This month?s HR News and Views on Seven ways to stay updated: An essential aspect of your Professional Life

Being current with the latest information in our area of work is a necessity rather than a luxury in today’s workplace. Yet, with the information deluge, we often don’t seem to have the time to read what we should be reading let along keeping up with what we’d like to read!

Did we ever think that computers would help make our jobs more efficient, give us more time to pursue our interests, have more time for ourselves!

As Jonathan Schwartz, President and CEO, Sun Microsystems put it succintly, “You are not about to send fewer email messages, watch fewer movies, or download fewer songs. Demand is unceasing. It is up to us to meet it.”

In this issue, I have tried to explore some efficient ways of keeping oneself updated using the web. While I never think of myself as an embracer of technology, the ‘opportunities to learn’ made possible because of technology continue to amaze and enchant me!

Read the Seven Ways to stay updated
here

Just after I finished sending out the ezine, I came across the following resources:

  • Seth Godin’s latest resource on ?Guide to Blog and the New Web?. Download it for free here
  • Robin Good’s post on Resources for Podcasts via Steve Rubel
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