LinkedIn Profile
I have always thought about creating a LinkedIn profile but always found a way to put it off. This assignment allowed me to sit down and really think about how I wanted to present myself to potential employers/recruiters. The importance of choosing your audience and tailoring your profile that would be best for your industry/field you are looking to work in. I had the opportunity to flush out and fine tune my resume by taking out anything unnecessary and only adding what I believe would be relevant to my audience. I believe that in doing this assignment I have developed myself professionally and developed a mindset that will help me in the future when I start putting myself out in the job market.
Report Proposal and Outline
When thinking about what wanted to write about in my formal proposal, I immediately thought about things that I was apart of and found issues with. Naturally, my workplace came to mind as I spend a good amount of time there every week and have noticed certain issues that I believe could be solved. Having to come up with a proposal allowed me to think about important points that I wanted to focus on and not end up with a long list of problems. Coming up with survey and interview questions helped to further discover issues I wanted to emphasize. Scheduling when I was going to do each step of my report was very helpful as I could visualize how I was going to go write my report.
Peer Review
Reviewing my peer’s proposal was very interesting as I could tell they were passionate about the topic they chose. That passion also led to certain biased statements made in their proposal. While I am sure that my proposal also had bias sentiments, reviewing my peers proposal showed me how important it is to remain unbiased during the writing of our reports. I also saw that my peer kept their audience in mind when writing the proposal which helped me to see that I could use work in that aspect as I often assume my readers will know what I am referring to when they really might not.
Report Proposal: 301.Julian Hui. Formal Report Proposal
Peer Review:
https://blogs.ubc.ca/engl301-99a/2018/10/17/review-for-fare-evasion/