Looking back on my blogging practice over the last few weeks, I can only state that it is dismal. When Dr. Burton asked us in class to do a reflective post on the blogs we've written lately, the only posts I could fall back on were 3 blogs I wrote in early January, 3 drafts that I never finished, and two pages of written ideas that I wrote on paper and never transferred onto the internet. Not much to refer to, however, I managed to find one word that kept cropping up: "connecting". It seems that I am rather obsessed with the topic of how to hook people together, and create microcosms of intelligence. Let me walk you through what I mean.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Social Proofing and Getting A Job
A few weeks ago, in class, my attention was drawn to a blog post about social proofing. The blog touts the following four actions as the basis for public relevance in writing:
Networking = Finding People
Applying and being interviewed = Contacting People
Working for a company = Interacting and Collaborating
Shipping a product = permitting others to use my published content
With these comparisons, I can see how social proofs are a valuable thing to learn as a student before being exposed to the job market. Perhaps other similar connections exist.
- finding people
- contacting people
- interacting and collaborating
- others' use of one's published content
Networking = Finding People
Applying and being interviewed = Contacting People
Working for a company = Interacting and Collaborating
Shipping a product = permitting others to use my published content
With these comparisons, I can see how social proofs are a valuable thing to learn as a student before being exposed to the job market. Perhaps other similar connections exist.
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