'The risk is that people begin spending more time signalling progress than making it': Report claims many workers now spend more time staying visible than learning new skills

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• Report finds adults are spending four hours a week on reputation management, compared with 2.5 hours on developing skills
• This seems to be a response to the belief that professional opportunities increasingly favour people who communicate confidence publicly
• Workers think they need to not just be capable, but also demonstrate their abilities

Research from MyIQ has uncovered a new trend: establishing professional credibility requires regular reputation management on social media, and is becoming more important than actually developing new skills.