Today, I creat my own professional Facebook page for myself. It contains my personal information, my personal resume. I always consider Facebook as a pretty casual website, where we can share personal experiences, photos.Therefore at first, When we asked to create a online personal resume by using Facebook, I was quite confused. Later on, when I am working with my professional page, I realize that Facebook is a good way for people to show themselves, and employers an get to know more about the people they want to hire.
Here is a screenshot of my own Facebook Page:
This Facebook shows my personal online resume. It will be very useful when I am looking for jobs. By using online resume, it is easier to edit than by paper resume and of course, it is more environmental friendly. Besides, when I am looking for jobs, I don't have to go to every company and give my resume out. Employers can just go to Facebook, search my name and the my online resume will appear. For applicants, they will get greater chances of job opportunity, because everyone can see their resume online. For employers, they can get to know more about applicants' personal information, their experiences and compare with others. In that way, they can find the person who is the most suitable for the position.
Recent years, social media like Facebook becomes more and more close to people's daily lives, and it will be very important to people's studying and working. In the course ALES 204, I have learned a lot about social media. Here is Christine's blog, another student in ALES 204. I think her blog post is very interesting. :)
Hello, my name is Xuechan Yang, and I'm a second year student in nutrition and food science. I like eating so it's my dream to eat the delicious food all over the world in the future. I also like travelling. During the winter break, some of my friends and I went to Cuba, it's really a nice place. This pictwant ure was taken in the morning when we first arrived in Cuba. White beach and blue seawater, just like a paradise.
I'm also a fan of photography. Every time when I'm travelling, I'd like to take plenty of pictures for my friends, sceneries and local specials in shops and restaurants. The picture in the right was taken in a local shop, some crafts were hanged beside me. These were all made of wood, very exquisite, and the most important is that they were pretty cheap, one for only 3-5 pesos. Each of us bought lots of souvenirs. Our tour in Cuba was so great, if I have chance, I'll go there again.
Nowadays, due to different reasons, people do not care too much about their diet. For example, many people eat fast food very often to save time; many girls (including me) want to keep fit by dieting. That kind of lifestyle is unhealthy therefore I want to be a dietitian to help others (of course, I will keep myself heathy enough). So I plan to transfer to nutrition major.
Currently, communication plays a important role in my daily life. I use Facebook and MSN mostly to communicate with my friends, and listen to their opinions about nutrition and diet. After taking ALES 204, I have my twitter and blog account. In the future work, social media will be more important. For instance, I can use my blog to write recipe suggestions for girls who want to keep fit; what people should eat if they are diabetic. Besides, I must go to talk with my clients faceto face in order to know more about their situations. That's the time when communication is extremely significant.
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