Topic 3: Reflection

As a student, seeking a 12 month placement as part of my degree, this topic was very interesting to me. Now more than ever, the need to remain professional both in person and online has intensified. Here is where I really enjoyed May’s post. She used statistics to further her point which made it easier for me to see the correlation and the impact that a professional online identity has on employability.

As this module develops and more topics arise, I am finding it more difficult to get straight to the point. Due the topics being relevant to modern day and in the ‘now’, the amount of content on the internet is overwhelming and can sometimes be hard to breakdown but is insightful at the same time.

When I continued to read more about the topic, I realised that yes it is important to be professional online, but at what stage do we lose our actual personality amongst the urge to be ‘professional’? Dependent on the job role, some employers may want a more charismatic, energetic candidate, whilst others may want someone more serious.

Despite this, as I mentioned in my initial post and as Irinie mentioned in regards to consistency, bloggers such as the likes of ‘BeautyCrush’, ShirleyBEniang and Patricia Bright personify the successes of having an authentic professional online profile and personality at the same time. They are respected and approached by both companies and subscribers.

From this topic, I can take away the importance of using a variety of resources to justify and support my argument. I’m also aware of how each topic is a continuation from the previous one, allowing me to further my views broaden my knowledge. Most importantly, I look forward to seeing more sides to the argument.

Comments:

May’s Post https://maybulmanontheweb.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/professional-online-identity-danger-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-12

Irinie’s Post https://irinieopoku.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/topic-3-building-your-online-professional-profile/