Not yet having a professional digital profile, personally this was a very useful and eye opening topic. I am currently on the search for an industrial placement for next year thus, the guidelines I have gained from my own research, and from the reading of other people’s posts, have given me the confidence to create … More Reflection on “Building a Professional Digital Profile”

Social media is an increasingly valuable tool to recruiters in screening potential employees, so making an authentic online professional profile is now an extremely valuable tool to an individual’s employment prospects. A survey from Jobvite shows that in 2014, employers plan to increase their recruitment via social networks by 73%. The image below shows the … More Building a Professional Digital Profile

I was proposed with the topic of managing your online identity and asked to discuss the arguments for and against having more than one. I have always been an avid user of many social media websites, however the thought never occurred to me that I might be portraying different identities on each unconsciously. Therefore, I … More Reflection on “Managing Your Online Identity”