Evaluate social media impact on personal and professional presence

Week 5: Your Online Presence

Most of you have had the experience of nervously entering a new work environment for the first time. Today, your online presence might enter the work environment before you do. When you Google your name, what comes up? The information that is readily available online about you might surprise you. If you have been mentioned in a news article, interviewed by a reporter, posted a profile on Facebook or LinkedIn, or published a blog, your online persona is visible to other people by simply entering your name in a search engine. Just as hiring managers are likely to review your social media presence, other members of your community are able to as well.

Photo Credit: Microsoft Corporation. (Producer). MP900387933 [Photo of internet search button]. Retrieved February 6, 2014 from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=search+button&ex=1#ai:MP900387933

This week you will learn how to put your best virtual foot forward.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Evaluate social media impact on personal and professional presence

· Evaluate possible career paths

· Assess reading, typing, and English skills

· Evaluate professional profiles

Week 5: Your Online Presence

Most of you have had the experience of nervously entering a new work environment for the first time. Today, your online presence might enter the work environment before you do. When you Google your name, what comes up? The information that is readily available online about you might surprise you. If you have been mentioned in a news article, interviewed by a reporter, posted a profile on Facebook or LinkedIn, or published a blog, your online persona is visible to other people by simply entering your name in a search engine. Just as hiring managers are likely to review your social media presence, other members of your community are able to as well.

Photo Credit: Microsoft Corporation. (Producer). MP900387933 [Photo of internet search button]. Retrieved February 6, 2014 from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=search+button&ex=1#ai:MP900387933

This week you will learn how to put your best virtual foot forward.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Evaluate social media impact on personal and professional presence

· Evaluate possible career paths

· Assess reading, typing, and English skills

· Evaluate professional profiles