Right now, regardless that there are many professional platforms to use, the majority off students use Linkden. Instagram can be so personal, snapchat is so private, and Tik Tok is comical. These platforms can all be used professionally, but our generation has used them as personal platforms. Personally, I only really use Linkden for my professional network. Popular social medias to use to enhance your professional network and how include; Instagram, as long as your make it clean, more commonly used in professional manner for businesses; Twitter, which is a microblogging platform, here you can express your interests, and engage in real time small conversation; Facebook, this would be a more professional Instagram, same guidelines, clean and professional.

When considering expanding professional learning network, remember the importance of connecting with individuals and organizations in your field and building relationships that can benefit you in your career. some things to consider are; going to relevant industry events, keep within your field and make connections; local professional organizations, early on look into job postings in these area, build connections; your social media, this is such an important one, your digital identity is a representation of you, be careful on what you post and comment, these small action scan potentially heavily influence your future; Volunteering, this can be helpful in meeting people.

Data privacy and security limit a PLN by causing individuals to be hesitant to share personal information or learning resources. This can be true, bit on another hand strong privacy and security can promote a PLN by creating a secure and trustworthy environment for individuals to connect, share information and collaborate. It is important to actively participate and contribute to maintain a strong PLN. In order to build my own digital identity/ reputation, it’s important to stay active on the internet and monetize what you post. some important things to consider are; constantly networking, this will bring up your connections, which is always important; Post, keep your network kept up to date, as long as its professional and clean; and show reliability, build trust with your network. It is so important to build a digital network, especially now a days when connections are so important.

If an an employer we’re to cross my social medias, would this affect how I got a job? I looked over all my social medias, and I have concluded that I would be fine. For my other EDCI class I did a social media cleanse just a few days ago which defiantly helps. Prior to this I dint have any photos that I was 100% sure were bad, however, I had a few that I had to second guess. I am applying for internships shortly, because of this I decided while doing my social media cleanse that if I even had a second thought about an image, it probably wasn’t okay, and I needed to archive it. My Linkden profile is quite professional, I would hope this would be the first social media of mine that’d be looked at. My biggest problem with digital footprint is my Tik Tok, not to say there’s anything inappropriate, but there are defiantly embarrassing videos, or things I may not want an employee to see.