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General Feedback on Topic 3

Well done for all your efforts in topic 3 – certainly the most popular topic so far in terms of volume and enthusiasm. Keep it up! Your individual feedback is now posted. Quite rightly some of you noted that digital portfolios are more relevant for some types of job than others, and even then it would be very unusual indeed for an online profile to be the ONLY basis upon which a hiring decision was made. Continue reading →

Topic 3 – Reflection

It was surprising the amount of influence an online professional profile can have on a person’s job opportunity. From my research that I gathered during the process of writing the post, I found some rather high figures from the Jobvite survey. These figures really helped open my eyes to how important it is and how much effort I will need to put into my own profile, to get it ready my search for a profession after my third year. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Branding- Professional or Personal?

When I began this topic it hadn’t really considered my Social Media profile much beyond Facebook, I already had a LinkedIn account and it’s something as an ‘almost graduate’ that I have put quite a considerable amount of effort into, I’m aware of how important it is, and reading blogs such as Leigh’s showed me just how important this was. Continue reading →

Topic 3 Reflection: Building an authentic online professional profile

This week’s topic gave the group not only an opportunity into discovering how we could market ourselves successfully online but also what a necessity it is to create a streamlined professional personal representation whilst avoiding any tarnishing of that image, or ‘brand’. Tamara Manton’s blog initially made me consider the title of the post more clearly in terms of how our actions must be ‘authentic’. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Reflection

social media n. web sites and applications which enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. The definition of social media, above, is one declared by the Oxford English Dictionary. Nowhere in that definition does it mention the need to use it for professional development, although I can completely relate with the reasoning for doing so. Continue reading →

Topic 3 – Reflecting on creating a brand.

There are a wealth of resources out there on the do’s and don’ts of creating an online professional profile. The tricky bit is making sure that you maintain authenticity when managing or creating these profiles. The discussion surrounding authenticity is what made this week’s topic so diverse, with blogs like Namat’s and Irinie’s offering interesting points on how to be authentic, while others not referring to it at all. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Reflection

This week’s topic has really motivated me to become proactive in developing my online professional profile. As already mentioned, though I have a LinkedIn and Twitter account, they currently do very little to attract potential employers. Before this course, I intended to rely on my CV to highlight my best attributes; I didn’t believe that creating a LinkedIn account would serve me any better. Continue reading →

Reflections: Professional Identity

This week brought an insight into the importance of development of online professional identity. What struck me during preparations for writing my own post, but also while reading others contributions was the extent to which recruiters use social media and online search to review candidates. Which leaves us, the job-seekers of some sort, with no choice but to curate our professional online profile. Throughout this week, I believe I have taken a crash-course in the basic principles of doing so. Continue reading →

Reflective Summary: Topic 3

This topic has been incredibly insightful, particularly seeing as it is directly applicable to my situation at the moment as a final year student thinking about future employment prospects. The statistics I found doing my research around the topic were pretty astounding. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

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