Here’s my final post to summarise this module; Living and Working On the Web.

*ClapClap* Amateur first try on editing a video all by myself. *ClapClap*

Links to my online profile: 
(Click on picture to link to page :))

[LinkedIn]

[AboutMe]

Before this module, I do not have any professional online profile such as LinkedIn and AboutMe that is supposed to aid in my employability. However, midway through the module, I realised the value of it, therefore created both accounts and filled up my ‘online resume’ managing my online identity. I found out that these platforms not only allow easy searching for people who are interested in me, but also allow me to connect and engaged with them, and find new opportunities. Online profile equals to a passport and an identity. 

[Twitter]

The use of Twitter and WordPress also showed me that the type of contents input matter a lot. Prior to the module, I have stopped using Twitter for quite some time. (Initially, I used it to connect with my friends which is more social and lifestyle based.) However, I decided to start afresh and created a new Twitter account and WordPress blog for posting of assignments. Of course the content are mostly marketing related, thus I got followers that are working in this field or like-minded people other than my classmates. Type of content brings type of followers! 

[Facebook]

[Instagram]

Facebook and Instagram is for personal use and I would like to make it stay that way. Other than my professional profiles, I would like to show other aspects of myself that tend towards my personality, lifestyle, interests and hobbies. One major takeaway from this module to keep my online identity as true as possible, believing in the true essence of authenticity. People should be able to see the all rounded me 🙂 Having said that, I will still be careful on the ethics of social media and what I post online. Being authentic online does not mean I can ignore social media ethics.

Well, if you make a Google search on me now, you will be able to find me but I am not exactly there yet. I am still clouded by other Evelina and one of them is a famous fashion blogger name Evelina Barry. Ahhh… Sucks to have a famous person having the same name as you yeah?Anyway, I will not let that affect me too much because I can make a difference in the near future.

I understand now that there is a lot of hard work behind the screen to be easily found by people on Google! Moving forward, I will continue to make good use of the various platforms as mentioned. Hopefully, I can find new platforms to utilise as well. I will think of ways to collaborate with others to make things come to life! Just like the video I have collaborated with Sara on Topic 5 Reflection. (Check out here if you have not 🙂 ) One more area I mentioned in my previous post that I will work on is to start learning how to video edit better. HOW HARD IS THAT! Hopefully, you will see my improvement as I go along!

Cheers!

Reflection Summary on Topic 5

WAO WAO WAO. Dear #MANG2049, we have come to the final reflection summary post! I am pleased to say I have collaborated with Sara to come up with a video to reflect on our thoughts. It was a fun experience 🙂 Go on .. watch it and have a good laugh 🙂

Ah yes, not forgetting the out-takes 🙂

P/S: I have commented on Charmaine and LucyHewson blogpost.

Reflection Summary on Topic 3

From this topic, I realised the reason why we find the need to create an online profile is because potential employers are looking at us online and why we put in effort to create an authentic and interesting one is because of increasing competition. Imagine me as a fish and among all other fishes in the sea, how hard is it to notice me?

(As seen from Rochelle’s post. View full infographic here.)

Rochelle gave some good advise on steps and reminders we can take when developing our digital profile. She also quoted from Sabrina Baker,

“The resume and interviews are my indicator of whether an individual has the skill set to do the job, but online profiles can help me determine if their personality is going to fit in with the culture and environment of the job at hand.” which also complements well with Steve Buttry’s quote as seen from Sara’s post saying that

 “The image you present online is not more important than the work you can do. But you may not get to show what you can do if you don’t show someone first in your digital profile.”

Oh my, the changes of recruitment! No more the days of employers looking through our CV and inviting us for interview to determine if we are in or not. I even question countries that even encourage no photo on CV, because I reckon most employers will still Google and check you out online? Having said that, BrandYourself helps individual improve their Google search result for free.

As mentioned, we should strive to create authentic and interesting online profile. Novina shared on the HOWs to do this. We should reflect our personality, figure our strengths and weakness and then think of ways to make ourselves stand out to achieve our goals. This made me question if having a more extrovert personality has advantage over an introvert. She made a good point that extrovert does leave a greater impression because of their constant update -similar to a brand constantly advertising itself. However, she believes that our future employers would place greater emphasis on our capabilities in completing tasks given and being well-spoken would be a bonus.

There is so many aspects we need to take note to develop a successful identity and it is never easy but with hard work and dedication, and probably with some luck, I believe I can be that fish getting noticed 🙂

Reflection Summary on Topic 2

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous – Confucius

Photo Credit: Francisco Martins

I enjoyed reading my peers’ blogpost on Topic 2. Always glad I can gain more perspectives and learn more! I really like Ebrahim‘s view on people doing what they are doing online for ‘likes’ because it is relatable and true. (Ebrahim is really good at finding video to backed up his statement!) Despite trying hard to display everything true about myself, I still face the crisis of only uploading nice contents about myself that will gather ‘likes’ and positive feedback. Many face the problem of only wanting to show their best side to the world but we should not forget to stay as consistent and coherent on how we portray ourselves on the platforms for social or professional use 🙂

I was inspired by Kelly where she discussed about marketers taking advantage of information consumers place online so there would be better understanding of consumer’s behavior and better target marketing. True enough that big data is the IN thing now and sure we can find out more about consumers online activities and content but I really question the difficulty in targeting the right audience because there are people who create fake accounts to trick people as mentioned by Aetiiqcaz. He also encourages not to divide personal and professional account too clearly so that we can show the wild side of ourselves to potential employers because according to him, as marketers, we should show the fun loving and creative side. I got curious on his extent of wild thus asked him about it. It also led me to think if the type and nature of the job also affects how we should function our partial identities in the online space.

My advise for employers? Do not trust everything you see online. You may sure go search for information on your potential employees but please leave some doubts. Your future employee may like to drink and club but that does not mean he/she does not have time management skills and is incompetent. Look at his/her interview performance, resume, and all other aspects for a better judgement. I know it is hard to shake off first impression but think about it, does a nicely portrayed image online equals to good employee? You never know…

Reflection Summary on Topic 1

Hello there, (Geeky Mode On)

I believe the first topic has been pretty thought provoking for most of us? Yes? At least it was for me 🙂

Initially, I mentioned two important points that I felt strongly about.

1. ‘Change’ is the reason to why the older generation might find it hard to grasp new technology at first. 
2. Our behaviour and activities online helps determine where we stand between Digital Visitor and Digital Residents.

After reading some blogposts by my classmates, I realised all felt that an individual can never strictly be one type i.e. Digital Visitor or Digital Resident in their life. This is because many of our experience involves us being a visitor at times and a resident at another time.

On Daphne’s blog, I questioned on her point that a Digital Resident refers to people who frequent social networking site. I wanted to find out more from her perspective if there are other forms of digital resident. Then I came across Evan’s example, where he mapped out Digital Resident and Digital Visitor that can be personal or institutional. I also found out his behaviour tends towards a Personal Digital Resident which means most of his activities appears at social networking sites.

My comment to him was focused on his opinion if we should have a balance of personal and institutional in the online space or should we focus more on institutional aspect to aid in our future employability? I learnt from him that it is a better decision to keep a balance because other than a professional image, employer would also want to find out more about us as individual from our personal sites to deem if we fit in the organisation. This also led me to think of the importance of keeping both personal and institutional section online the way that best represent me, displays strengths and what not to include that will bring about controversy.

I also chance upon Yiming’s blog where there was a discussion between Winnie and him about ‘Change’ that I was talking about. They made me realised that an individual motivation to change in this ever changing technology world depends a lot on context. Some of these factors includes individual’s education level, personality, family, circle of friends, work demands, and interest. Sara also commented on my post emphasising that learning should not be any difference for any age.

So to say, I still believe in my two points but after this exercise, these two points are further explored thanks to my peers. However, I know there are still many areas uncovered on this topic. Nevertheless, I learnt quite a bit 🙂 Thank you, peeps!

I am sure looking forward to Topic 2. Byebye for now!