Assignment Task/Requirement file
Assessment Task Advice SheetAcademic and Professional Communication700276
Academic Blog: Final
OVERVIEW
TheBlogFinalis worth 15%of the overall marks for this unit. It should be 750words in length (+/- 10%). This is to be submitted through Turnitin ANDthevUWSpeerinteractionlink by 11:50pmonFriday14May2021.
This task requires you to write an academic blog post on the topic “How professional networkscanbeenhancedthroughtechnology”.
In your post you must include:
- an original title
- one real-world example (from a lecture, tutorial, or your own example) e.g., a personal anecdote on the professional connections made through LinkedIn etc…
- a minimum of 4sources: one (1)academictext(e.g., book or journal article) AND three
(3)crediblesources(e.g., professional magazine, professional website, professional blog)
- graphics and multimedia (podcasts or video clips). You are encouraged to create your own video clips… or include examples from relevant blogs as an in-text citation in your assignment (blog).
- all image and multimedia sources with captions or annotations following the APA style.
- in-text citations – APA style
- a reference list –APA style (this is not included in the word count)
Note:
- The Second Criterion in the marking rubric assesses you on your ability to write for the “intended audience”.Please note that your intended audience is your class teacher and your professional community.
- Please also note that “your teacher’s Feedback” from draft needs to be implemented and changes need to be clearly indicated as instructed.
Whilst sources can be from lectures and tutorials, creative approaches, insightful research and examples beyond what is covered in seminars will be regarded highly.
Penalties
- A penalty of 10% per calendar day applies for submissions made after the due date and time
- A penalty of 10% will be deducted from your final mark for texts that are outside the range of plus or minus 10% of the stipulated word length. The word length does not include the title page or reference list.
- Penalties for high similarity (more than 20%) will be applied based on the extent of matching as identified by Turnitin after adjusting to exclude small matches, the Title Page, the Reference List, in-text references and any other matches (text) that do not constitute plagiarism.
Complete solution/sample answer
How professional network can be enhanced through Technology
Student name: Yousif Saado
Student ID 20387059
How technology help you build a stronger professional network
Introduction:
Network would one say one is of those words you hear thrown around in discussion, yet do you truly understand what it implies? “Systems administration is an intentional movement to construct, build up and keep up connections of trust with others to additional your objectives. Proficient systems administration is just systems administration zeroed in on proficient objectives,” composed Anders Outland, author of systems administration site Friday, on Medium.
“Business spins around individuals, and it is driven by connections, which influence each part of business, from deals to enrolment,” said Yiannis Gabrielites, CEO of Cove. “It is in this way significant for us every one of us fabricate and keep up genuine expert connections.”
With the force of online media, you can organize basically by sending a greeting on LinkedIn or following a contact on Twitter. However, with expanded openness, it’s a higher priority than any time in recent memory to fabricate your own image and organization like an expert. Here’s the means by which to do it.
The professional connection made through LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the biggest online professional network site. LinkedIn can help find the right job or internship, build and develop work connection and teaching the skills that are required to advance in career life. LinkedIn is easy to access to everyone and a professional useful app specially with the situations for the pandemic COVIDE 19 (Van Dijck, 2013). LinkedIn has over 740 million users in more than 200 countries as of 2021 including executives from every fortune 500 companies use LinkedIn for hiring and exchanging business knowledge with potential hires while for other hand people use it for social networking connecting and career hunting (Fernández‐Rodríguez, 2014)
My experience throughout LinkedIn was difficult to understand at the beginning because I was struggling what course should I get in. when I started making note studying about this app how can it help me with my communications, I did some research about it then I start noticed this app is very useful and unique for people who like to work from home also it helps to do things quicker and every course is available online and it’s easy to finish easy to access as well.
I started to improve my commutations through this app and looking for the right course for me talking with experts that can help me with my future career. Building the commutation and being confident by accessing and doing courses with this app kind makes you a good communicator. Communication was one of my weakness, and LinkedIn improved me with the way of talking to people and communicating easily and in an attractive way. I started to look for more apps that can build my communication skills through this big technology networking however I will still be using LinkedIn to develop my connections with people that are involve in the future job.
Therefore, LinkedIn can be your tool to navigate your career. Here’s how you can use LinkedIn to control your career, when you have a strong profile (i.e., clear overview, completed related pages, professional pictures and an individualized URL). My motto is that you never know when it comes to meeting people and widening your network. Thanks to someone I met ten years ago, I’m now in my place and I’m sure you’ve heard similar stories. In reality, data indicate that 70% to 80% of jobs can be found by networking instead of by online application. While I would like you to see the odds ever to your benefit, the numbers show that it’s not.
LinkedIn allows you to easily link to people you know already through some search features (everything in the My Network tab):
Add contacts – This feature allows LinkedIn to temporarily access your e-mail contacts and specifies your LinkedIn contacts.
You might know people- I was shocked several times by the accuracy of the LinkedIn recommendation engine that suggested people I may know. Try it; you may also be pleasantly surprised.
Search students- The students can be located with people (undergraduate or graduate) and filtered according to their place of residence, their performance and their jobs.
If you would like to make LinkedIn a useful tool, your link strategy should be driven to 1) connect people to whom you would like to request a favour, and 2) connect with people who you may ask for a favour. Therefore, only people with whom you had a brief conversation really ought to communicate.
You can also be more careful about network maintenance using LinkedIn. If you go to the profile of someone, you can have a memorandum under ‘Relationships’ that you email Jane in a month, for example, and tell her how you were following your advice. Every recent message exchanged and linked can also be quickly summarized.
When it comes to the work ad, LinkedIn benefits from seeing how you relate to either the job advertisement or the company. This is where only people you know are convenient to communicate. If you are familiar with the role or know the hire manager, you should not hesitate to contact them so that you can discuss your cover letter and so on. In addition, you can see how many candidates already had the job. The number of people submitted to the LinkedIn Ad is, of course, dependent on the number, but may also allow you to evaluate the competition and may even help you negotiate a deal.
(Fernández‐Rodríguez, 2014)
(Van Dijck, 2013)
(Barnett, 2002, Apri)
