Picture taken from http://www.kaushik.net/I was very happy I had the opportunity to attend the career night the Information Systems department at Kogod held last Thursday. We had great panelists that shared their wonderful experiences with us on how to find our passion within a certain career path and excel at doing it. It was a great event that I benefited from so much. Lots of sweet food, too :-)
One of the things they all emphasized and repeated more than once was to watch what we put out to the cyber world of the internet. "What you publish online is who you are to your employer. If you won't share it publicly, don't upload it electronically." They also said that if you have anything you don't like your potential employer to find out about you, begin the cleaning process immediately because it's not a quick one neither is it easy to completely remove it from the nervous system of the net.
Furthermore, on the positive side, if you want more opportunities and greater career advantage, show your talent online. Display what you're good at on your blogs, your profile, or whatever. If you're a tech savvy and can answer tech questions professionally, use your online activities to show that. If you have an innovative idea or a creative solution, show the world your talent because no one is gonna hire you based on your resume. "The blog is your new resume!"
2 comments:
I think it's really interesting that these employers are looking at our Facebook's, MySpace's and blogs and are passing judgements on us. They see our pictures and use them as a basis for hiring. First of all, my pictures don't tell you much about what kind of person I am. Pictures speak a thousand words, but what words will the employers pick up on. Secondly, I'm sure some of these employers have done what we've done when they were our age. They just didn't have a Facebook or MySpace back then to keep record of their behavior.
Great insights from last week's "Day in the Life of an IT Professional" panel.
I agree with the panelists comments regarding the importance of "managing your on-line persona." It has taken you years to build up your facebook and you cannot change it overnight.
Use your blog, your facebook to demonstrate your career passion, you never know who will be watching....Prof Klein
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