{"id":212,"date":"2014-11-16T00:19:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T00:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andysugden.wordpress.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2014-11-16T00:19:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T00:19:09","slug":"a-reflection-on-professional-online-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2033\/2014\/topic-3-2014\/2014\/11\/a-reflection-on-professional-online-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reflection on Professional Online Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m going to start this topic\u2019s reflection with a confession. I don\u2019t actually dislike Linkedin, per se. I think my comments on it recently have mainly reflected the fact that, in general, I am ambivalent towards it, as opposed to the standard line that it\u2019s a fantastic way to make yourself look better for everyone ever. (In a fun turn of events, this blog is now the 5th<\/sup> highest google entry for \u2018Andy Sugden Linkedin\u2019!) I do see its uses, and in some sectors pretty much everyone is on Linkedin, as I mentioned in my comment on Aumar’s blog<\/a>, but it is nowhere near as widely used as is sometimes suggested by people outside\u00a0these sectors.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also found some more evidence for my theory of the online profile being more useful for defence than offence, as an interesting graphic<\/a> (albeit using\u00a0a slightly old survey) from Sophie\u2019s blog<\/a> (which I also commented on<\/a>) showed, when the source was looked at in full, only 18% of those surveyed had been influenced toward hiring a candidate from social profiles, as opposed to 35% who were caused not to hire someone by what they found there.<\/p>\n

A number of other people have made some great points on how we can improve these profiles though, and whilst I feel I may\u00a0always shirk when I hear the words ‘personal brand’, Pippa’s blog<\/a> certainly was a great advocate of Linkedin in an interesting way that did actually show how it can be used to good effect.<\/p>\n

So I bit the bullet. I logged back into Linkedin. I could be accused of being closed-minded if I didn’t, and I wouldn’t want that to be the case. I’ve updated my profile<\/a> with a number of more relevant bits of information\/skill set etc. (though there were some bits I struggled with… there are some of us who don’t really have a dream job or life goals) and even included a lovely link to this blog within the projects section.<\/p>\n

As if I wasn’t meta enough already.<\/p>
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