Scenario: Barb Herald has just started job hunting and is applying for a job at Quest Specialty Travel. She is a member of a social network group, which she uses to keep in touch with friends from college. She also keeps up with the latest in electronic gadgets, including cell phones and cameras, and often writes reviews of these products on electronic store Web sites.
Instructions: Read the descriptions of Barb’s online activities, and then suggest ways for her to improve her online persona.
Barb’s recent updates on a social network site, where she is known as up2u:
Another day, another dollar. What a job! You want time to tick by at a glacial pace? Work at the returns counter in any major discount store.
She’s back. Just another 3+ hour lunch break. Just in time to hit me with extra work. If I didn’t need the $, I would be soooo long gone.
But that job at Quest? Should I take it? Paycheck vs. long commute to a dead-end job?
Barb’s recent reviews on electronic store Web sites, where she is known as gadgetchick:
Want to listen to anything on this MP3 player? Forgetaboutit. The controls on the headset are impossible. You can get the same quality on most cell phones. Plus--$20/month? For what? The monthly fee is outrageous. Two words: Stay away.
Ways for Barb to improve her online persona: