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Social Media Blank

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As we all know every enthusiast involved with social media sees, defines and uses it in many different ways. I have come up with a unique and fun way to see how you view social media and its aspects. I will be posting a total of 10 sentences in which you fill in the blank. Have fun!

The most important thing about Twitter is ______.

I prefer ______ over ______ on Facebook.

The most common mistake on Linkedin is _______.

In the next 5 years, I predict social media will ______.

The most positive result I have seen from social media is ______.

I use social media to _______.

The social media platform I use the most is _______ because _______.

I consider Twitter to be ______.

I think the social games on Facebook are ______.

On Google Plus, I ______.

I am always looking to engage and interact with you in a creative and unique way while having fun. As a result, I have created this post to gain your perspective. Feel free to pick 1 or more sentences and in a comment fill in the blank to your sentence. Until next time, Happy Blogging.


The Social Media “What If”

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Sometimes in life we always ask the question, “What If.” By asking ourselves that question we put things more into perspective, basically critical thinking. As we all know Social Media is the new media and has gone global. It has changed the way we network, receive news, live our daily lives and is essential for business owners to grasp a hold of. So what if Social Media wasn’t around or didn’t exist today? I have developed a few critical thinking questions to put that question into perspective for you.

  1. What if you were limited to 10 tweets a day on twitter?
  2. What if you could only belong to 1 Social Media site? Which would it be?
  3. What if Social Media was never invented?
  4. What if you owned Twitter, Facebook, or Linkedin? What would you change?
  5. What if you never utilized Social Media? Where would you or your business be without it?

Sometimes by taking advantage of critical thinking questions we learn to love and become thankful for how things have progressed over the years. This post was designed to do just that in addition to getting your creativity flowing. Hope you enjoyed and don’t forget to leave your response to one or more of the what if questions.

Happy Thursday!

Common Mistakes Job Seekers Make

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Job seekers make lots of mistakes. I want to focus on what mistakes job seekers make on social media sites as well as voice mail and e-mail.

On Facebook, job-seekers use party pictures or pictures of a vacation spot as their profile picture. Also, they fail to give a clear meaning in their Bio what they are looking for in a job, fail to list contact information and job history and leaving their profiles non-private.

On Twitter, they mix personal and business use on the same account, lack of personal branding, lack of networking and building relationships.

On Linkedin, they are not putting time and effort into their profile picture to reflect who they are honestly. Also, they fail to find their audience and develop their brand and fail to be descriptive in their professional headline, not customizing the profile URL to be more precise and self explanatory.

In a voice mail, job seekers speak too fast and not clearly, not clear in the reason they are calling and fail to leave full name and call back number. Also, not having a personalized greeting for when the potential employer calls back.

In an email, most common mistakes include not attaching a resume correctly or in the right form, misspelling of words, not using complete sentences, no complete thought, no personalized signature and using descriptive words in the email address instead of their name.

The impact of these gaffes becomes negative and leads the employer to wonder if a person can survive in a social environment as well as be an asset and create success for the company.

These gaffes can be avoided by never trying to be someone you are not, be comfortable with yourself, always be truthful and honest. Ask yourself the question, “Is this me”? If so practice on making yourself better, listen to constructive criticism and be willing to learn how to conquer this social awkwardness. Always use spell check and for your emails and proofread before sending.

If not avoided the negative impact can be mitigated by being given a chance to learn and improve from information and feedback from the employer. In return, show the employer you can improve through action of what they have conveyed to you.

I hope you have enjoyed this post. If you feel I have left something out or want to add to a certain section, feel free to let me know in a comment.