Put Your Best Profile Forward.<br/>To prepare for the Assignment:<br/>Read

the White article, ‘Will your Facebook profile sabotage your job search?’, in this week’s Notes and Readings.
Consider your online search of yourself from this week’s Discussion.
Evaluate the Professional Profiles media for examples of professional profiles.
Review Walden University privacy guidelines to understand online policies at Walden.

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Assignment: Put Your Best Profile ForwardA socialmediaprofile stands in your place to anyone who reads it. Profiles can serveany purposes; some help you catch up with friends and share information with yourfamily. Others, however, represent you to a network of professionals, and this could hurtor hinder your career path. Today human resource professional use more than yourresume to determine how well you will fit into their companyculture; it is becomingroutine to complete an online search of applicants, as well. Most of us have an onlinepresence-sometimes created by others, like your company’s website or beingmentioned in a newspaper or school newsletter. There is little you can do about howyou are represented by others. But you have control over how you present yourself.Who are people seeing when they are looking at your profile online?For this Assignment you will learn to review online socialmediaprofiles and how thecontent of profiles can impact your professional future. You must evaluate the sampleprofile.To prepare for the Assignment:Readthe White article, ‘Will your Facebook profile sabotage your job search?’,inthis week’sNotes and Readings.Consider your online search of yourself from this week’s Discussion.Evaluate theProfessional Profilesmediafor examples of professional profiles.Review Walden University privacy guidelines to understand online policies atWalden.Assignment Instructions:Complete EITHER Option A or Option B.Option A. Evaluate Sample ProfilesYou will review sample student profiles, evaluate and make recommendations forimproving them.Review and critique at least two of the sample online profiles using the‘Professional Profile Guidelines andRubricdocument-Option A’ that can be found in thisweek’sLearning Resources.Explain in detail your scoring for both profilesBy Day 7Submita 1- to 2-page written review and critique of the profiles. If you were the hiringmanager who reviewed these two profiles, would you hire the candidates? Why or whynot? Make sure to reference the scoringrubricin the Professional Profile Guidelinesand Rubric document and to make specific recommendations about how the profilescould be improved.

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Option A: Professional Profile Guidelines and RubricsWhen developing a professional profile, there are certain guidelines you should follow toshow yourself in the most flattering and professional light. Your profile should highlightyour skills and professionalism to current and future employers.Employers often look at profiles to better understand a candidate.You should includeimportant elements, but also think about the quality of each thing you include in aprofile.Although employers may not actually score profiles, they do establish criteria toevaluate each one.For our class, we want to get specific and allow you to check for theright things as well as the degree to which you accomplish those.While learning, ithelps to look at examples of profiles or your own profile and actually rate them.So afterthe guidelines below, you’ll find actual scoring rubrics to use to evaluate the sampleprofiles.Imagine you are a hiring manager looking at these profiles to make arecommendation on whether to employ a candidate.Professional Profiles should include the following:ContentAppropriate personal content (not over sharing personal details or givingtoo much family info)Limited to professional content (not hobbies, trips unless they support yourprofession)Appropriate grammar and mechanics (may use Grammarly to help)ResumeAppropriate length for professionCorrect dates (No overlap and any gaps explained)Includes enough detail to explain job tasks/responsibilities/projectsVisualsVisually pleasing (Not overly busy/visually noisy)Looks organized and can be easily readIncludes profile photo that demonstrates professionalismIf possible, includes an “action” picture from on the job or completingappropriate tasks that support the resume or objective for a new position.

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