First let me start this week’s post by saying that; I love social media and social networking!! I use several different mobile technology tools as well as social media tools. I find them all to be extremely effective in both my personal and professional life.
Professionally in my current role as a Healthcare Recruiter, I utilize Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Each of these sites affords me the opportunity to share information, network, and generate activity for any open positions that I have; as well as find potential talent. The key to any social media site is to stay active, this is how you generate followers, establish new connections, and grow your professional network. Additionally I utilize email, BBM (blackberry messenger), SMS and MMS messages to communicate with internal customer via my work issued blackberry. These features allow me to stay connected with important stakeholders while being able to attend various recruitment functions and HR meetings.
Personally I use Facebook, Twitter, and Skype to communicate with family and friends both here within the US and abroad. Facebook has been instrumental in allowing me to reconnect with friends that I have lost touch with over the years, and stay connected to those friends that I do not see on a regular basis. With Google Talk I am able to instant message several friends that are connections via my Gmail email account just to chat. During the day I find it easier to communicate with family and friends via SMS or MMS messages due to the nature of my career. Often times I find myself unable to pull away from scheduling interviews or making an offer. This is when mobile technology really helps me stay connected while effectively managing my workload.
I believe that all of the resources mentioned above will serve me well as I continue on my HR journey. Social media sites will allow me to connect with my peers collaboratively in a more relaxed environment. I have done some work with wiki and have begun blogging for courses that I have taken at Walden University, moving forward I expect to do and learn more about these varying mobile technology and social media tools. Learning to successfully navigate these tools will serve me well in my Walden journey, by teaching me new and innovative ways to complete old and new tasks. Being able to re-enter the workforce after obtaining my Masters degree will put me that farther ahead of my peers simply because I will be equipped with the knowledge and skill to achieve on a higher level.
Now that we have reached the end of week two I believe that my virtual learning team is still in the ‘forming’ stage as described by Chaneski in the article, The Stages Teams go Through. We are all becoming more familiar with the course and how to navigate the various tools that we use, but we have not yet, in my opinion, reaching the point of ‘storming.’ Hopefully we can skip past that part, but disagreements are often necessary for growth.
I hope that everyone enjoys using and learning more about these different tools and technologies and I look forward to connecting with you all further. Please feel free to connect with me by any of the above mentioned sites. Happy Networking, until next time… Evette
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