I’ve attempted to make a LinkedIn account once before a couple of years ago, but it seemed complicated, and not really applicable to my (up until that point) strictly service industry career. However, post graduation, occupying a world where having LinkedIn seems as necessary as...
So now you’ve created a profile, you will want to get down to the serious business. Inevitably, questions will be formulating in your mind on what kind of content you want to provide, how to present your written work online, how to address your certain...
Almost every aspect of creating a blog or an online persona is about creativity, and the freedom to express yourself as you wish. The trade-off for this is taking a few minutes to make sure that you understand the regulations of copyright and Creative Commons...
Have you created your own blog? Are you a HTML and CSS whizz? Does your website have a huge readership or a small, loyal audience? Have you ever landed yourself a job through a social media website? Are you an employer who googles your job...
You know by now that the connections you make on your various social media profiles become your network, and as you go further in your studies and career, you interact with more people and organisations, and your network grows. However, while it’s important to expand...
In 2014, everyone has some sort of online presence, so it makes sense that employers are increasingly checking out potential employee’s online identities to get more information about them than a standard job application, or two page CV provides. With that in mind, it’s important...
Over the last decade, the networking site LinkedIn has gained more and more popularity; it has been dubbed the ‘professional Facebook’ and has been deemed as a ‘must have’ for all those seeking employment. Stories that revolve around people securing jobs through LinkedIn are increasingly...
Once you’ve created your social media profiles, followed everyone relevant, made some interactions and generated some content, the next step is to maintain this activity, keeping your profiles active and relevant, no matter how many you may have. This includes posting content, making new connections...
