Identity, more valuable than gold

originally posted on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140911184435-76982850-identity-more-valuable-than-gold

As individuals open up various social media accounts, they are stretching their network and making connections. In a professional networking website, the identity portrayed on the profile can lead to amazing connections if people know who you are.


Connecting with those that were introduced in the job place, conventions, businesses, etc... is beneficial on many levels. However, if the profile is not completed there can be great difficulty finding the right person.


The question can then be, what is required on a profile?


If you are on a social network attempting to grow your network your profile HAS to have key information.

• Professional style head shot, not a photo from a night out on the town
• Professional name, not a cutesy username
• Brief description of industry involved in
• Past workplace information if you are on a website such as LinkedIn

These are just a few tips that many individuals on social networking websites can use. Emphasizing the professional style head shot, there are many people that will not connect unless there is a photo.


What do you deem as mandatory on social networking websites for a profile?

Do What You Love, right?

originally posted on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140807163954-76982850-do-what-you-love-right

It was a dark and stormy night, oh wait.. that belongs to Charles Schulz.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, opps... that one belongs to Charles Dickens.

An old anthem that I have held on to for the majority of my adult life has been to find a job doing what you love and everything else will fall into place.

Imagine my shock when I discovered that the old anthem I have held on to is not always true.

I love to write. Writing is a creative outlet for me and can be quite therapeutic. I am able to write in several different style and enjoy writing. I have discovered however, that my career should not be focused solely on writing.

Successful people have a hobby. They have something they enjoy doing that is not a requirement of life. That is not to say that your hobby can not supplement your career.

That said, I find it interesting with a few people I know that have hobbies closely related to their career. An accounting supervisor that relaxes with Sudoku, she still adds up those numbers. A graphic designer that does landscape photography as a hobby.

This gist of doing what you love is to have an element that you can enjoy without it being a requirement. A person may love photography and enjoy taking pictures, but once that is their career it is very possible to get burned out doing it.

Everything in life is moderation. If you want to do what you love, look for a company that will provide the career you desire and has the benefits that you need while possessing a positive work environment.

Writing, Editing, Photography, School

I am having a change in my day to day routine. This semester with school I am working as a Graduate Assistant in the Communications Department at the school I am at. I am thoroughly enjoying working with one of the top professors in the department and absorbing knowledge from his experience.

I am still writing and editing, just not to the same amount I was prior. I am still doing photography also. In fact I am doing headshots next week for students preparing their social media and resume accounts.

I am taking a few intense graduate level classes that are amazing on an education level. Integrated Corporate Communications and Web Criticism and Design right now and then Communication Law in October.

Learning my trade is always exciting. Learning from professors that know their stuff is a huge blessing.