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This new instant messenger thing in the workplace and colleges could make for a great ice breaker. Sometimes people have trouble approaching new employees in a business or even other students in college. Everyone is different and all people have their own way of communicating with others. Some may be quicker than others and can walk right up to people and start talking. Others may take days, weeks or even months to open up. No matter who it is, when you enter the business world, that communication wall will have to come down sooner than later. Myself, being in the Human Resource field, may be able to use instant messenger as a tool for orientation. It could be used to show how new recruits would communicate without the added stress of doing it directly in person. In return, the recruit would acquire a small amount of recognition from other employees without even meeting them in person. Then when they do meet in passing, the new employee will know that they already spoke with that person and that the conversation went pretty well. In return, the new employee will automatically feel more comfortable about approaching that person. Seems kind of strange though, how people let their guard down over the web. Is it actually easier to trust over the web than in person? Is this where we are headed?
Just some of my own thoughts !
Would love to know what you think?

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