You’ve been experimenting with some form of social media for the past couple of weeks, and written about that experience (I hope!) for this week’s blog post. Now I’d like you to add one more social media experiment to the mix: a Linked In page.
Some of you brought up the potential problems posed by MySpace and Facebook accounts for people who may be looking for a job soon: these pages tend to focus on the fun side of your life and may not create a good impression on potential employers. Linked In offers a solution to that problem. It’s a more professionally oriented social networking site…more like having your resume and potential jobs network online.
So this week, please establish a Linked In account and set up a page on the site.
Also, if you haven’t yet created a link list on your blog, now’s the time to do it. Here’s what you should have in a links list in your blog’s sidebar:
- A link to this blog
- A link to your class web page
- A link to your Linked In page
- A link to your social media page of choice (your MySpace, Facebook, Twitter or Flickr page, etc.)
- Links to the blogs you’ve been following for this class
- Links to a few of your classmates’ blogs (optional)
- Links to a few web sites that you find useful and/or interesting (optional)
Here’s how to do it in Blogger: In your dashboard, click on the Layout tab, then click on “Page Elements.” You should see an “add an element” link on the upper right side. Click on that and select the “link list” option (and any other options that sound good).
Also, please make sure you’ve got links to your video project on your class blog (in a blog post) and on your class web page.
