Personal vs Professional

                                             Now that I have your attention...

Where do you draw the line with facebook? I recently watched a short film on how facebook is rapidly taking over our lives and we don’t even know it. It stated that relationships go down the crapper because of it and relationships start because of it (in the odd case). Most of all it talked about on how much information we share on the famous site facebook.

Now that you have thought about what you have shared on facebook, it brings me to talk about the biggest piece of information going around. Did you EVERYONE can see what you put on facebook, it’s not as private as you think. Potential employers can see all of your pictures, statuses, EVERYTHING even if it’s deleted.

I have many questions when it comes to this topic. Why would employers or even potential employees want to know what you’re doing in your free time? Aren’t you a right to an outside life? Now in days I’m not so sure and I’m wondering why? I feel like your personal life and your professional lives are two different things. Face it, we ALL act differently when we are at work because we want to keep our jobs and we know the difference between the two. For some reason though employers don’t know the difference and they think that they all tie into one.

Think about it, if you want to have just a social gathering and god for bid there is a glass of wine  (which you can get a glass of wine at ANY place now...) in the picture there is a possibility that you will be fired. If you watch the video regarding a schoolteacher, who has been employed with this school for two years I might add, was fired over a facebook picture. All because she posted some pictures from a vacation.

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Again I just don’t understand on how in society these days everyone is CONSTENTLY worried on how social media will f**k up your life. As I have stated before, we know how to have two separate lives, so why can’t employers let us do that, live TWO SEPARATE lives.

That would be awesome. 

I think people need to stop worrying about what other people think. Yes, it is important with the line of work that I would like to get into but I still don’t see the connection on how they can judge me on my facebook page when they don’t even know me.

Another thing they mentioned in the short film I watched was that not all the pictures are as they appear. You don’t know the situation about each picture that is on a person’s facebook page, nor should an employer/potential employee’s. I feel like if you are a good employee, you show up on time, you make the company money, you’re doing something you love/good at, what’s the problem if someone wants to go out for a night on the town once in awhile, god for bid everyone deserves one. Some times people want to remember that night on how awesome it felt to be alive and childish for once in their grown up lives.  

No, they can’t because the world is run by the “man.” 

The man doesn’t like what they see, judges you and you are either fired or not eligible for a job/promotion. 

So fellow bloggers/citizens I will ask you again, where do YOU draw the line with facebook?

The New Kid In Town

"It's better to except less and over deliver, than except too much and under deliver," stated Ricardo Guiliani. Today there was a super star panel of men and women who are experianced in the field of work we all want. It began with them individually introducing themselves and telling us what NOT to do in our work placement. After we asked our questions as a class, the mentors came to the little groups we were in to get more in depths with their line of work.

The mentor my group recived was Ricardo Guiliani; he's 25 years old, orignially from Brazil and his title is Marketing/Design Coordinator at Rogers Wireless Express. He was the one who came up with the name for the Orchestra CMS softwear. This man knows what he's talking about for only being 25 years old, he already has a profile as well. Everything he said about his experiences was fantastic, I feel like he should be a motivational speaker. His knowledge was interesting; with him coming to Canada from Brazil was a HUGE change. He told us that it took him awhile to get a firm understaning of the English language. He expressed his concern in the beginning with the language only because Ricardo couldn't hold a conversation for very long. You have to think about the translation AND what your thought was.

Ricardo told us that we shouldn't take our profressors for granted. "Listen to what the have to say, learn from them." He also mentioned for us to ask as many questions as we can, they are always a good idea. Time management was another topic that was touched upon. You have to prepare yourself and take note of everything around you, showing up to class isn't enough; you should try to find volenteer work as well. That will most likely get your foot in the door and it will make you feel good about yourself.

I have learned so much about the business side of things from Ricardo. He is the type of person I would like to keep in touch with. As I said before, for only being a 25 year old he sure has a handle on things in his life. I wish him the best of luck with everything.

Thank you  Ricardo Guiliani for being inspirational, hard working and a dedicated man.

                                                       

Here’s Your Chance, Use It Wisely

How do I get my product noticed? Just make a good product and it should just sell, easier the said than done right? Well I’m going to give you some tips on how to sell your product and before you know it your product will me flying off the shelf’s.

Remember this is what you DON'T want to do!

The design of your product has to be memorable, meaning that people should look at the logo and just know what your product is. An example of a good logo is Kraft Peanut Butter, with the two bears; EVERYONE knows what name brand that is. This is a KEY point to know when you’re trying to sell a product. On top of that you should make sure you have key colours. When you’re advertising your product some key colours you should use would be colours that you think your product portrays. It stands out and it makes you remember what the product is.

Choose your colour

You also have to make sure that you have a decent price. It has to be enough that you make profit and people think it’s the “real deal.” This is where math comes into play. You have to think on how much it will cost you to distribute the product and then how much it will cost to make. Come to a conclusion with the price after you have thought of those KEY points.  

Now after your product is a success and everyone knows it you can move on to the next step. This is branching out to other products. So say for example your product was Nestle, they have chocolate bars, which branched into a ice cream line. You have to learn how to expand. First you need to get your product/name brand out there in the public. How would you get your name/product out in the world and make it successful?