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Connectivity, Branding and Authenticity The key points of Crystal‘s has perfectly summed up to what contributes an authentic online profile. Getting connected is the utmost important as that is the precise aim of creating an online profile. Besides landing a step closer to your potential employer, it helps to expand the personal network beyond geographical borders and reaches people of common interest over the world. Continue reading →

“Your network is bigger than you think”. A study conducted by Stanley Milgram and Duncan Watts introduces a concept of three degrees of separation (or influence) – individuals connected to you via no more than three intermediaries may provide a professional opportunity resulting from the presence of trust (Catarina, 2014). (Catarina, 2014) Assuming you have 50 friends, they have 30 friends and these 30 friends have 10 friends each. Continue reading →

 (HightonBros, 2014) Although the virtual space exposes us to new information from the other end of the world, what we see is only what others reveal. Shannon mentioned that often people assume who she is based on the photos she posted on Instagram. That may not reflect her true offline identity because either most of us make assumptions based on what we see online or that is just a partial part of her overall offline identity. Continue reading →

The proliferation of social media technology has driven the digital space towards an emergence of new landscape. Beyond a consumer-targeted space, we see the opportunities for individuals to create online identities and socialize behind their computers. One may also create multiple identities such as using fake or anonymous names. And these multiple identities exist online as an individual’s persona even if an individual goes offline. Continue reading →

A witty friend of mine lamented that no individual can escape from the claws of digital technology – data is recorded onto the digital space once you are born! There he went and he felt that the new technological era of technology has invaded everyone’s privacy. Indeed, everyone does have a choice in deciding to be either a Digital Resident or Visitor. Browsing through the blogs of my various colleagues, I see the concurrence that there are no such best modes between the both. Continue reading →

(University of Oxford, 2014) The paradigm maps people’s behaviour on a continuum and individuals can identify themselves along the range, with Digital Resident and Visitor as extremes on both ends. The main element that differentiates a Digital Resident and a Digital Visitor is their online presence. Continue reading →