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Facebook and MySpace are popular social networking sites visited by millions daily. Companies can make money through advertising on these sites. Some businesses now ask employees to use social media for work purposes. For example, Serena Software employs nearly 1,000 people across its twenty-nine offices in fourteen countries, and uses Facebook to share company news and improve internal communication between locations. While social networking provides benefits like networking with clients and remote working options, some companies have concerns over security risks and employees wasting time.

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Social Networking

Facebook and MySpace are popular social networking sites visited by millions daily. Companies can make money through advertising on these sites. Some businesses now ask employees to use social media for work purposes. For example, Serena Software employs nearly 1,000 people across its twenty-nine offices in fourteen countries, and uses Facebook to share company news and improve internal communication between locations. While social networking provides benefits like networking with clients and remote working options, some companies have concerns over security risks and employees wasting time.

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Facebook and MySpace are *popular social

networking sites on the Internet. Millions of


people visit these websites and they make
millions of dollars from advertising. People use
social networking sites to make friends and now
some businesses are asking employees to use
them for work. For example, the company
Serena Software employs nearly 1,000 people.
Everyone reads the company news on
Facebook and the site also helps internal
communication because Serena Software
employees work in different parts of the world
so one employee in California can quickly contact another in the Sydney office and build a
closer working relationship. The company also believes they can *create better teams
between the twenty-nine offices in fourteen different countries by using social networking
sites.

Social networking sites are good for your profits because you can *network with clients and
tell them about new products. Human Resources departments also use the sites to help
them find out about new employees and recruit them. The sites can also allow more
employees to work from home or from any location. Some companies also have lower travel
costs because they use the sites for international meetings. Not all companies want
employees to visit these sites for two reasons. Firstly, employees might contact
friends and plan their social lives during working hours. Secondly, many companies
believe there are security problems – you can get computer viruses from the sites and
you might not want all your company information available for everyone to read
online. But many businesses now believe there are more advantages than
disadvantages. As one business owner said, ‘If you don’t understand the importance
of social networking in the business world today, you won’t have a business in the
future.

Derived from Business Result Pre Intermediate Handouts

1. Facebook and My Space are the most popular web site


2. There are many people
3. Serena is the name of the company
4. There are 1000 thousand employees
5. Serena has also a software
6. There are fourteen countries and 29 offices
7. Social networking is also a method
8. Recruitment through social networking is a method

9. Having the chance to work from anywhere is a thing


10. Lower travel costs are one of the important reasons
11. There are also some companies
12. Security and discipline problems are the reasons
13. To sum up, there are both advantages and disadvantages of using social
networking

KEY

1-which millions of people visit every day


2-who earn money through advertisements.
3-which works through Facebook
4-who work for Serena
5-which enables the communication between its employees
6-where Serena operates
7-which enables you to network with clients and inform them about your products
8-which is used by the Human Resources Department
9. which makes the social networking attractive for employees
10.why many companies use social networking for international meetings.
11.which don’t want to use social networking
12.why some companies don’t prefer using social networking
13-which has a considerable impact on today’s business life.

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