Facebook Page

Facebook pages are a great mode of advertisement. Sometimes they are used for company advertisement, fan pages or just to advertise an event, but I treated my page like an online resume. I hadn't really thought about it until it was mentioned in our lab but I'm sure that when I apply for a any job, more times than not, the employer will google my name, whether it be to get some background information or just out of curiosity. Leaving a potential employer with a bad online impression, even if someone has the best interview, could be the difference between getting the position and not. This site explains how employers use Facebook and MySpace accounts to determine if the applicant is suitable for the job: http://mqjeffrey.hubpages.com/hub/How_employers_look_at_Myspace_and_Facebook_pages It also states that employers have been known to obtain information that the employee says was limited to only their friends therefore we have to be careful what we all post on Facebook!

I liked the idea of creating my own Facebook page because I'm able to display certain qualities and accomplishments of mine that I am not otherwise able to include on my actual resume. Because of its informality I can include a greater variety of qualifications and experiences to my page to represent other aspects of myself. I was able to include things like my career goals and hobbies, which I probably wouldn't include in my resume.

In Danielle's blog post, http://dbeckerales.blogspot.com/, she mentioned that a Facebook page is a simple yet valuable tool for anyone to have even those who are less "tech-savvy." I have to agree, being one of those less "tech-savvy" people myself. Even I, who can barely figure out how to turn on a computer, could manage to make a Facebook page, therefore almost anyone should be able to put one together.

Check out my sweet page:





http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stacie-Klimow/149975821784395?sk=info

Introductory Blog

My current field of study is Nutrition and Food Science, but I hope to soon transfer into the Nutrition major. I use communication in my studies to understand the material I am learning in school. There are many different ways in which I communicate with my professors, but the most common method is in-class lectures. I have also used email to contact them out of class and attended office hours. An interesting method of communication one of my professors decided to try was a Facebook group where he posted the lecture slides of every class and everyone had the chance to ask questions, post comments, or reply to other students' questions. I enjoyed his choice of communication because I realized that I often had the same questions as other students and this way, everyone was able to see his replies. I found this to be one of the most efficient modes to communicate since everyone is already so comfortable with using Facebook, so there was no confusion and it gave students a chance to interact with one another and not just the teacher. The Facebook group was only a pilot project and its results are now being assessed: http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/~iip/IRC/news.html

As for the role of communication in my future work, if school goes the way I plan, I will hopefully be using communication on a daily basis as a Dietitian. In this profession, above most, communication plays a crucial role as most Dietitians are constantly communicating with their clients about their nutritional needs. It seems that Evelyn also agrees with me, in her blog, that communication skills are very important for a Dietitian to possess: http://elycheng1992.blogspot.com/ Dietitians deal with all types of patients with many different conditions so they have to be very clear, concise, and precise. Hopefully ALES 204 can help me develop all of these skills which are essential regardless of what my profession is.


http://intermountainhealthcare.org/hospitals/dixie/services/nutrition/gateway-to-wellness/services/nutrition/pages/default.aspx