Web 2.0, in my eyes, is a great technology. It has made it easier for people to communicate and keep in contact around the world. In my personal life I have been able to use this technology greatly to keep contact with my friends from every corner of the globe easily and efficiently. After studying abroad in Australia, I was worried that I would loose all of the great friends I had made due to the 16-hour time difference and distance. Thanks to Web 2.0 however, I can easily get online and send them a message to keep up to date with how they are doing and vise versa. While this is a great way to use Web 2.0, there is another reason to use it that is becoming more and more relevant to me: job hunting.
As a graduating college senior preparing to enter the job market in 4 months, I have found many ways in which Web 2.0 has and will greatly help me to make the transition out of college. First, through websites like Facebook, I have been able to make many great contacts that I will be able to use when I am looking for a potential job. This is good because it is easy to use and if you asked anyone, more than likely, they use one of these social networking sites. This makes it really easy to contact potential employers or the “friend-of-a-friend-who-knows-somebody” that might be able to set me up with an interview to my dream job. I think these websites are great if they are used to their fullest potential and not just to post silly pictures from a night out on the town or keep your friends up to date on the play-by-play of your life.
Another way that Web 2.0 is going to help me in my search for a career is by giving me a new outlet to market myself. Anybody who has basic understanding of how a computer works can now make a webpage. These pages can hold endless information such as a resume or examples of work. Therefore, when I go to a job interview, I can show this page to my potential employer so they can see that not only am I qualified for the job but also that I have an understanding on how Web 2.0 work; this I feel will be a growing skill that is looked for as it continues to grow.
For these reason, I think Web 2.0 is an amazing technology. While some may find this technology to be restricting and take away privacy, I have to disagree. This technology has infiltrated so much of our society that I feel many people do not even realize all of the positive attributes it has offered to not only myself but also my community. I look forward to seeing where this technology will take us in the future and the many ways in which is will impact society for the better.
As a graduating college senior preparing to enter the job market in 4 months, I have found many ways in which Web 2.0 has and will greatly help me to make the transition out of college. First, through websites like Facebook, I have been able to make many great contacts that I will be able to use when I am looking for a potential job. This is good because it is easy to use and if you asked anyone, more than likely, they use one of these social networking sites. This makes it really easy to contact potential employers or the “friend-of-a-friend-who-knows-somebody” that might be able to set me up with an interview to my dream job. I think these websites are great if they are used to their fullest potential and not just to post silly pictures from a night out on the town or keep your friends up to date on the play-by-play of your life.
Another way that Web 2.0 is going to help me in my search for a career is by giving me a new outlet to market myself. Anybody who has basic understanding of how a computer works can now make a webpage. These pages can hold endless information such as a resume or examples of work. Therefore, when I go to a job interview, I can show this page to my potential employer so they can see that not only am I qualified for the job but also that I have an understanding on how Web 2.0 work; this I feel will be a growing skill that is looked for as it continues to grow.
For these reason, I think Web 2.0 is an amazing technology. While some may find this technology to be restricting and take away privacy, I have to disagree. This technology has infiltrated so much of our society that I feel many people do not even realize all of the positive attributes it has offered to not only myself but also my community. I look forward to seeing where this technology will take us in the future and the many ways in which is will impact society for the better.
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ReplyDeleteI'm Denise, I believe we have been paired up for the Wiki assignment. Great first blog, I totally agree with you! So my e-mail is allendk01@mail.buffalostate.edu if you want to get into contact so we can work out what we want our topic to be and where to post it! :)