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Topic 3: Authentic Online Professional Profile

In regards to employability, meaningful change is about to happen. As technological determinism prevails, we live in an era characterised by media activity, accessibility and diversity with new freedoms for the audience. Don Tapscott (2014) states, “A new generation of young workers is entering the workforce and bringing a new culture”. Networking, social capital and reputation building are important stages to constructing an online professional profile. Continue reading →

Boost Your Brand: Four Steps to Success

Let’s start with the basics – what does ‘authentic’ mean? – for me, (and the dictionary) it means real, genuine, original and accurate. Hence, I am taking this question to mean, how should I go about showcasing who I really am? You may be wondering, why is this important? The answer is simple, around 92 % of recruiters use LinkedIn to vet candidates, and 31% use Facebook[1]. So your profile must be authentic. Continue reading →

Topic 3- Building your Online Professional Profile

What comes to mind when you hear the word authentic? Well anything along the lines of reliability and honesty is correct. When we associate authenticity to the digital world regarding online professional profiles, this builds upon the notion of how one represents themselves online i.e. via LinkedIn. In Topic 2, we spoke about the benefits and limitations of having multiple online identities in which I concluded that the benefits outweigh the limitations, if used for correct purposes. Continue reading →

Topic 3: SUMMARY – How To Create a Professional Online Presence

Topic 3, on the ways in which an online professional profile can be managed, has been particularly interesting and relevant to myself, as I will soon be applying for jobs. During the task, I found the YouTube video by Distinctive Career Services particularly helpful in furthering my understanding on the topic. There are a mixture of opinions when it comes to professional self-promotion. Continue reading →

Topic 3 = Create an authentic online professional profile

Having an online professional profile is very important. That helps you to connect with other people and look for jobs etc. There are many company offer the same service but the world leading professional profile website is “LinkedIn” [1]. In this blog we will look at how to develop an online professional profile. There is a big encouragement about it at online that I would like to discus here and give my opinion. Continue reading →

Topic 3: How To Create a Professional Online Presence

When it comes to one’s job search at the end of university, one of the first things we are urged to consider is our online presence. In our inevitable pursuit to impress and be noticed by future employers, it is critical to develop an online profile that reflects your professional side. There are a selection of horror stories featuring real-life examples of when people fail to uphold their professional online identity. Continue reading →

Pathways to Professionalism

As we delve deeper into the 21st century, we have to find a balance between recreational and professional usage of social media platforms, as our online presence is becoming a more and more intrinsic part in the job hunting and recruitment process. Huang et al. (2015) stated that creating an organised visualisation of our person is an indispensible method in making positive advancements to our lives. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Hard Working Graduate Desperately Seeking Employment

As we all near Graduation and our entrance into the ‘Real World’ draws ever closer, our Social Media habits must adapt and change to reflect this. Instead of filling our newsfeeds with photos of last Wednesday’s Social people are starting to dedicate time to creating, updating and maintaining LinkedIn profiles. On average we spend nearly 4 hours per day on Social Media, this equates to almost half a working day (Nyman, 2014). Continue reading →

Topic 3: Climb Online with Self-Branding

[1]What comes into your mind when you hear the phrase online professional profile? LinkedIn right. You could not be more wrong. I am not advertising LinkedIn but do you know that LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional network on the Internet [2] I bet you even have an account with them. Okay now concentrate as I discuss the ways in which an authentic online professional profile can be developed. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Building your Online Professional Profile

Please read these notes and check out the links, before preparing and posting your answer to the set question. This document should be regarded as just the start of the discussion, which we all then develop over the next two weeks through the conversations themselves and the sharing of further relevant links. It is intended to give you a flavour of the challenges and opportunities in managing your professional online identity, and get you started on answering the Topic 3 set question below. Continue reading →

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