I found creating the LinkedIn profile difficult, but I expected that. I have always found it a challenge creating resumes and cover letters, and was not surprised that this was the case for the profile. I find it hard anticipating the correct way to present myself for potential employers. However, I found the tips that LinkedIn gave very useful, especially the setup which could be done in the order suggested by LinkedIn. The research on LinkedIn best practices was also very helpful, and I plan on applying those tips in the future. I do believe that as I continue to improve my profile it will become a very useful tool for professional networking.
Once I knew the conditions for the Formal Report Proposal it was quite fun to write. I became very interested in my topic as it is directly related to something I am passionate about. I had never written a proposal in that form before, so it was very useful having the information from the textbook. I am very happy to have done this assignment as I believe it is a very useful skill to have. I know that being able to write a proposal will be important for my future career. I am at a stand still with my formal report. Thanks partly to the outline, I have most of the Formal Report sketched out. Once I am able to conduct the interviews, I can start analyzing the data. This will be the next step I will have to complete so that I can complete the report. I am slightly nervous about writing the report, because it is the long report I will have ever written based entirely off of my own research.
I appreciated completing the several types of peer reviews that I have done since the last reflection blog. Thanks to the feedback from my peers, I have started considering things more as I write, rather than only when reviewing my work. For example, as I am doing my first draft I will look at my sentence lengths, which I would not have considered before. I have learned that I tend to make a lot of similar mistakes in my writing. In future writing, I will have to keep a closer eye on those things. I had a hard time completing my first peer review. I followed some advice I was given by Erika Paterson on the next review I completed. I found that this new way of organizing the review helped me analyze the work. I am still finding peer-reviewing very hard, but I hope that my partners find that my work has improved and is useful.