Monday, May 9, 2011
The Bad Pitch Blog: A Royal Pain in the Arse
The Bad Pitch Blog: A Royal Pain in the Arse: "You have no choice but to know about 'Billy and Katie getting hitched.' And if you got up at 4am in the states (edt), you're a sucker or an..."
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Making connections is not ALL about business
Say what you will about personal and professional relationships... the separation and the boundaries that exist, I mean. My thoughts surrounding social media are changing and saying goodbye to everyone today after graduation has sort of lead to a realization and it is one that is painfully obvious to me now. People are people.
Regardless of what kind of relationship you share with a person, in the end, the only way that relationship will continue to exist naturally is if there is a social connection between both parties and I believe this extends to work related relationships, as well.
I just left some of the best friends I have had and it is so strange to me now how those relationships developed. We were classmates and colleagues in PRSSA. We had common goals to complete and, at the beginning, everything we did with one another was work related. Now, I feel this overwhelming separation anxiety. It obviously makes sense that the people you spend the most time with are going to develop into social connections that inevitably extend outside of work.
Like I said, my previous thoughts surrounding social media and the separation of business and personal have changed. Before I didn't take into consideration how quickly those relationships develop and now I feel like you can't truly take your personal life out of anything. I guess what I mean is that by separating your accounts, or better, if you have that mentality of separation, you limit yourself and the extent to which your relationships can grow on both sides. People are people and they like to be treated as such on both sides of the spectrum.
You learn a lot from the people you spend time with.
Regardless of what kind of relationship you share with a person, in the end, the only way that relationship will continue to exist naturally is if there is a social connection between both parties and I believe this extends to work related relationships, as well.
I just left some of the best friends I have had and it is so strange to me now how those relationships developed. We were classmates and colleagues in PRSSA. We had common goals to complete and, at the beginning, everything we did with one another was work related. Now, I feel this overwhelming separation anxiety. It obviously makes sense that the people you spend the most time with are going to develop into social connections that inevitably extend outside of work.
Like I said, my previous thoughts surrounding social media and the separation of business and personal have changed. Before I didn't take into consideration how quickly those relationships develop and now I feel like you can't truly take your personal life out of anything. I guess what I mean is that by separating your accounts, or better, if you have that mentality of separation, you limit yourself and the extent to which your relationships can grow on both sides. People are people and they like to be treated as such on both sides of the spectrum.
You learn a lot from the people you spend time with.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Standing out with Interactive Resume Videos
Last week, Stephanie Wonderlin, an alumni from EIU talked with my PRSSA chapter over Skype and gave us some really interesting ideas about how to make ourselves stand out with our job searches. Stephanie runs the first interactive social media Youtube channel called Tweetheart TV. Check out the link, it's pretty darn sweet.
Like I said, she gave us some cool ideas to help us stand out and one of them was to create an interactive video resume on Youtube. That way, you can explain each of your projects and prospective employers can go through and pick out exactly what they want to see and the stuff that applies to the job directly.
Also, it adds a personal touch. Being able to see who it is you might be working with and a glimpse of their personality and the way they "are" in general, I think, can go along way as far as impressions go. Check out her channel for an idea of how you could set it up and just replace all the links with your own credentials! Great idea. I'm going to try to put one together one day soon.
She also has a website and blog at www.stephaniewonderlin.com. It's good stuff!
Like I said, she gave us some cool ideas to help us stand out and one of them was to create an interactive video resume on Youtube. That way, you can explain each of your projects and prospective employers can go through and pick out exactly what they want to see and the stuff that applies to the job directly.
Also, it adds a personal touch. Being able to see who it is you might be working with and a glimpse of their personality and the way they "are" in general, I think, can go along way as far as impressions go. Check out her channel for an idea of how you could set it up and just replace all the links with your own credentials! Great idea. I'm going to try to put one together one day soon.
She also has a website and blog at www.stephaniewonderlin.com. It's good stuff!
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