Unit Two Reflection Blog
During my research on LinkedIn, I learned a lot of useful tips and tricks that will be beneficial to apply to my profile for better engagement. I have used LinkedIn quite extensively for the past few years and have learned what is standard practice and the value you can provide in creating industry connections. I think it is a great platform to share ideas with your network and learn about other companies and opportunities in one place. LinkedIn is an important tool for people of all industries, making it very easy to apply to jobs and message industry professionals to meet up for a coffee.
Initially, I found it difficult to decide a worthwhile topic for my formal report proposal. I didn’t see clear challenges at work but I wanted this report to reflect my personal experiences. Scaling it back, I was happy to finalize my topic on work life balance and mental health as it affects many people daily. Since writing my proposal, I have completed my formal report outline and a survey I would like to include in my data sources. It was helpful to create a writing schedule to help keep myself accountable as we enter the second half of this technical writing course. It seems there are many deadlines to keep track of and serve as a hindrance to your overall course progress if an assignment is delayed.
After completing two peer reviews, I find it to be my favourite part of the course. I say this because I am very interested in other people’s interests, their writing styles, and just being helpful towards their growth as a writer. Compared to my last peer review, I focused less on “being nice” and more on being an objective, unbiased marker. I wanted to be clear in how I presented my comments and make them useful for Matilda. Overall, I think her proposal was well thought out and mostly had grammatical errors which are an easy fix.
For my own report, I learned to be careful when making claims without having a proper source. Some of it may seem like common knowledge, but to the reader it would provide additional credibility and information if I can link a source or expand further on where this idea stems from.