Multi-Tasking your way through a Job Search
When I was preparing my webinar series, I took advantage of every training opportunity available in order to understand how to provide a solid learning experience for participants. Not just information sharing…but something they could put to use in their career transition process.
During one training session, the trainer said “When you are delivering content on a webinar, you must assume that people are multi-tasking….” Wow! Assume that people are multi-tasking instead of listening intently to my presentation?
Now, understand that I’m a proponent of doing whatever it takes to accomplish objectives as quickly and efficiently as possible, but would webinar participants benefit when multitasking? Christen Rosen answered my question in this article: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-myth-of-multitasking
A research study funded by Hewlett-Packard found “Workers distracted by email and phone calls suffer a fall in IQ more than twice that found in marijuana smokers.” Researchers at the University of California at Irvine found that “ Workers took an average of twenty-five minutes to recover from interruptions such as phone calls or answering e-mail and return to their original task.” A business research firm estimated that extreme multitasking costs the US economy $650 billion/yr. in lost productivity. .” Oh my gosh! Will webinar participants benefit at all if they’re multi-tasking? Would it be a waste of time? And does multi-tasking affect their resume development, employer research, and social media activities - like writing a great LinkedIn profile? could that possibly be extending the job search?
What do you think?
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