Yesterday night I attended a workshop about creating an online persona hosted by GRF Sam. This was an awesome session because we learned about factors that could be crucial to our professional success. We talked about how managing our privacy on Facebook could be crucial because often times friends can tag you in posts that you don’t necessarily want potential employers to see. Facebook allows extensive opportunities for managing privacy, and if you navigate that correctly it can definitely help out when potential employers are searching for you online. We also talked about the possibility of creating a personal website. This is something I have always wanted to do and we were able to view some examples and talk about what content would be appropriate to post on a personal website.

The best part of the session was constructing potential bios that we could use on our platforms. We practiced varying size and structure depending on what platform it is. For example, Twitter bios are usually short and witty while LinkedIn bios can be long and detailed about your interests and previous experience that is relevant to future positions. We were able to share our bios and get critique from other attendees and Sam (as a graduate student in English, it was extremely helpful.) Overall, I’m so happy I attended this productive session!