Unit 2 reflections look into the process of creating a LinkedIn profile, developing a formal report proposal, and reviewing each other’s proposals.

Creating my LinkedIn Profile

Making a LinkedIn profile is something I have wanted to do since I started university. I am glad this course gave me the opportunity to create a profile, as well as have feedback from my peer to make my profile better. The process went relatively smoothly. I found that writing an engaging bio is challenging because you want to present yourself as professional and charismatic using a minimal number of words. The information in most sections, such as the Experience and Awards sections, were brainstormed from my recently updated resume. Overall, the process was enjoyable and rewarding since LinkedIn is a great platform to build a professional network and showcase your skills to potential employers.

Report Proposal

Overall, I think the progress of my Formal Report is going well. The brainstorming part of finding a suitable topic for the report proposal was a challenging task. Since I am away from my home city (Vancouver), I thought it would be difficult to write about a community I am a part of at home, in case I needed to be onsite. Therefore, being limited to communities I am a part of in Ottawa, Statistics Canada seemed to be my only reasonable option. However, there were deficiencies at work that I thought of, where elaborating on them may be a breach of confidentiality. In the end, I chose to write about composting, since as a whole, the city of Ottawa lacks behind Vancouver in terms of efficient organic waste management programs. In the early stages, I questioned how I would cultivate this problem to become a 12-15 page report, but now that I have completed my formal report outline, and begun my research, I think I will have enough information to form a convincing list of feasible options for composting at Statistics Canada.

Peer Review of Partner’s Proposal and Peer Review Process

In general, I believe that peer reviewing my teammate’s work has been beneficial to my writing. By reading over my peer’s work, I can find some styles and techniques that work well and some that don’t work as well in my partner’s writing. By finding attributes which I may like, and may not like, I am able to improve my writing by incorporating techniques that work well, and avoiding ones that do not work well. Specifically, from reading my partner’s proposal, I found that establishing a target audience first is important because all background information and any necessary details will be central to the audience. Something I enjoyed about my partner’s writing style is that it is very meticulous, but never off topic. I found that I can understand other people’s work better when their writing provides more details, but also gives sufficient background information about the topic of interest. Overall, I have enjoyed giving feedback and receiving feedback from my peers who can offer a different perspective about my writing.