Informational Interview With Kelly Galanis

Because I am not certain what career path I intend to pursue, it was difficult to determine an appropriate person for my informational interview. However, following the advice at Quintessential Careers, I focused on my possible career choices (Quintessential Careers, Unk.). What I found was that I was likely to be involved in some type of work involving domestic violence, though I am still uncertain of the nature of that work. As a result, I decide to interview Sarah Buel. Sarah Buel is a noted attorney in the field of domestic violence. Currently a Clinical Professor and Founding Director of the Diane Halle Center for Family Justice at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Buel was one of the names that came up most frequently as I was looking into the field of domestic violence (Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, 2012).

Through their websites, many other companies are incorporating Social Media. Alone in 2010 there have been 2.5 million websites of companies that have incorporated themselves with Facebook. And now so many more companies are also choosing LinkedIn to employee the most brilliant people. The “fastest

Moving forward, social media has been a major convenience and reward to virtually everyone. On an individual basis, social media allows friends and family both near and far to communicate with one another. Also, businesses are flourishing through the use of social media. Advertising has never been easier. Horn (2013) states, “Our profession, unlike any time before, is demanding we become social media (…) experts” (1). Horn (2013) also states, “More than half of reporters (55 percent) use Twitter and Facebook to source stories” (1). Social media has greatly benefited business life and personal life.

As years progress, technology makes it possible for individuals, organization and companies the capability to create mobile apps and dynamic websites from home. These mobile apps and dynamic websites in turn simplify our lives in ways we could never imagine before. One of the most commonly used inventions, which can still be considered fairly new, are social networks. Social networks give people around the world the ability to communicate, stay in touch and meet new people online at the convenience of their own time. Many social networks were developed within the past few years but few if any target professionals only. LinkedIn gives a twist to social networking by focusing only on people in professional occupations that would like to

It was a privilege to listen to Stephanie Garrison share her story and provide encouragement for our own lives. Personally, I found it very admirable how willing she was to share and be vulnerable. Anyways, Stephanie is currently in her 14th year at Southeastern and serves as the Assistant Athletic Director under Drew Watson. Beginning in the athletics department in January of 2014, as the Director of Operations. Before she joined the athletic department, she served as the Director of Event Services, Resident Director, Online learning coordinator and a variety of other departments at Southeastern. She is a two time graduate of Southeastern, earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management and an MBA. Recently, she has taken on the responsibility of Director of Operations at the Balance Culture while still serving as

All of this led her to join the university as a career coach in summer 2008. Today, she supports the postgraduation pursuits of MBA candidates-lending her mentoring style along the way.

Furthermore, social networking would motivate student collaboration on a variety of projects and assignments. According to Tarantino, McDonough, and Hua, “Learners need to develop skills to share knowledge and to learn with others, both in face-to-face situations and through technology including social media.”. That means students must learn to collaborate with one another to complete work, which will help in the future with co-workers. If two students each had to work on a half of their projects, social media would help them to get that work complete by allowing them to remind each other. Professional writers also state that “Social media serves as a tool to

Marquette University had many successes building its brand through a strategic social media strategy. According to the case study, members of The Office of Communications and Marketing supported and participated in the conception and planning stages to help structure an effective social media strategy. In addition to the research and information gathered internally, the university also engaged with a variety of audiences, not physically on the campus, to further extend its market research and brand. Marquette University’s marketing and communications team’s strategy for social media is focused on engagement, dialogue, bridging of information, and community. This strategy aligns with the university’s mission, “the search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence” (”About Marquette: Our Mission,” n.d.).

On July 7, 2015 I called Kelly Schmidt, who was previously listed as Assisted to the CEO for St Anthony’s Hospital. Ms. Schmidt is no longer in the position but took the message to forward to the appropriate person. On this date I received an email from Rosemary Fotenos asking I call.

LinkedIn is a website specifically established for the professionals all around the world to network. The website allows people to search for business contacts, manage their professional identity, research firms, join industry groups and identify desired career opportunities. This website is also being leveraged by the brands and recruiters and many corporate profiles have been established on LinkedIn to recruit candidates and develop a pool of potential candidates through networking (Lewis, 2012).

On Friday I went to the Keynote Speaker series where he spoke about the day John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas and how he covered the story. This keynote session was different from Hansen’s since Aynesworth asked questions about that day in front of the audience. He spoke about what he did when the president was shot, how many shots were fired, how he met Fidel Castrol, among other things. That same day, I went to a session titled Brand Me: Mastering Social Media to Brand yourself & Your Org. The speaker gave us ten tips to properly brand ourselves. Among the tips, there was: having similar professional pictures throughout social media sites, developing a website, developing a LinkedIn account, writing a description underneath all social media accounts, among others. The last session I attended that day was Editor-in-Grief Part 2: 10 Secrets of Very Sexy Editors. In this session, I learned that not every person in my staff will like me, newspaper alumni always have my back, and that food should be bought as a reward not as a bribe.

“Tweet that!! Post that pic on Instagram!! Slide in my DMs!!! Add me on Snapchat!!!” These are the phrases our generation love to use when we try to interact with one another. Social media is a great way to open up opportunities and can assist us with getting our merchandise/business/art promoted or advertised for the world to see. However, there are numerous ways that social media can ruin people’s reputation/careers/future in getting a job. Today I am going to provide the positive and negative features of social media.

Social networking sites are a dangerously sharp double-edged sword. Professional sites such as LinkedIn can showcase one’s talents and provide an advantage within a large applicant pool while personal sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, myspace, even YouTube, if used irresponsibly, can make public many aspects of an individual’s private life which can reflect negatively, when viewed by others. The article “Didn’t get that new job? You need a better Facebook score” (Garling) highlights one of the many ways prospective employers can quantify someone based on their social media presence. The article describes a process whereby hiring managers rely on a consulting firm of sorts. This firm provides a score for each applicant based on their social media presence.

The goal of any business is to be successful. Business’ need to hire personnel that can communicate clearly and effectively. This verbiage is noted in job descriptions for both blue collar and white collar jobs. Furthermore, company recruiters are actively engaged in finding qualified personnel, in a diverse job market. Additionally, jobs and potential employees are in global competition; do to technology, which has brought borders closer. One of the technologies, is social media, an internet based application; in which one can share information, ideas, career interests, etc. Facebook,Google+,Instagram, LinkedIn,

In October 2010, she started a new role as the Plant Training Manager. While exceeding all of the expectation for this role, she had the privilege to build an entirely new training system for this plant. Managing to keep her education goals in sight, in May 2013 she graduated from Roosevelt University with a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership. She specifically remembers being overwhelmed with joy as my siblings and I cheered for her as she walked across the stage to receive her diploma. Once she received her degree, working hard and her quality education opened up new opportunities for her.