Unit 2 Reflection Blog 

In unit 2, I have learned a great deal about the requirements of a progress report, and how to professionally set up my LinkedIn profile.

The progress report is something I have never written before. In other writing classes I attended, I only learned how to write drafts. It is the first time I present my progress report to my instructor, and I faced a lot of difficulties when completing the assignment. However, Dr. Erika Paterson assisted me and helped me to revise the assignment. Dr. Paterson taught me the differences between making recommendations for small business and ACTUALLY testing the proposed solutions, this saved me from writing my report in the wrong direction, so that I could put more time and energy into making recommendations instead of testing if my proposed solution is feasible.

Creating the Linkedln profile and reviewing my teammates’ profile makes me realize the importance of gaining working experiences and volunteering experiences in University. For instance, one of my teammates—Luke Jang; his profile is more than professional. He has many job experiences and volunteer experiences, while my Linkedln profile looks very pale.

Receiving Jang’s review on my profile for the first time is wonderful, he helped me to better understand how to set up a profile in a professional way. His suggestions including adding the Education experience at the bottom of my profile; creating a self-introduction page; and selecting pictures that have good visual quality, etc. All of these suggestions are thoughtful and useful.