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Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Examine the influence technology and social media have on personal and professional identy
Scenario
Bahar Career Coaching
Aer several years at your current company, you are ready for the next big challenge in your career. Although you have enjoyed your job dues and have a very good relaonship with your coworkers and managers, you have decided that it is me to move forward with your career in the field you have dreamed of. Since you were unsure about where to start, a colleague of yours recommended you contact Bahar Career Coaching, a talent acquision company that offers coaching and job placement to professionals seeking to advance or change their careers.
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Direcons
Digital Footprint Analysis
Aer contacng Bahar Career Coaching, you were paired with Priya Dahir, a career coach who will help you through your job search. Aer a number of meengs to discuss your professional goals and aspiraons, she sent you this follow-up email with the next aconable steps:
From: Priya Dahir To: p.dahir@bcc.com Date: xx/xx/xxxx 3:15
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P r i y a D ah i r Career Coach 1. Select two social media plaorms that you have previously created an account for. You are encouraged to analyze your LinkedIn profile and another social media plaorm such as Facebook or Twier. You can also analyze your blog or your personal website, if you have one. If you do not have any social media accounts, you can use the profiles in the Social Media Case Studies document located in the Supporng Materials secon.
2. Once you have selected your social media accounts, analyze your digital footprint. You will analyze your social media and technology use for their impact on your personal and professional identy. In your 1,000- to 1,500-word analysis, make sure that you address the following points that your coach Priya has sent you:
In two to three sentences, describe briefly your personal and professional idenes. What are the main elements that define your identy? Consider how you perceive yourself as a person and professional praconer, and how others perceive you and your role.
Determine whether or not your social media profiles reflect your professional identy. Provide specific examples. Consider the following in your response: Do your profiles accurately depict your professional identy? Why? What story do these profiles tell about you? How do these profiles impact your professional identy? Are there any inconsistencies between the profiles? What are strengths and weaknesses you can observe in your profiles?
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Idenfy two social media posts that you have published. Include a screenshot of your posts or a brief descripon of each. Describe how these posts could be interpreted in personal and professional sengs. Give specific examples. How would prospecve employers and coworkers interpret these posts? How would a friend or family member interpret them? How could these posts impact how others perceive you? What impact could these posts have on your personal and professional relaonships?
Think of your technology use beyond social media (e.g., web searches, messaging applicaons, email and phone use, soware use). Illustrate how your technology use could impact your personal and professional identy. How can you use technology to your advantage? What are the risks of using technology?
Describe the acons that you can take to manage and strengthen your digital footprint. Include specific details. What steps could you take to manage your digital footprint? What should you start doing? What should you stop doing? What changes could you make to your social media profiles so that they accurately depict your identy?
What to Submit
Every project has a deliverable or deliverables, which are the files that must be submied before your project can be assessed. For this project, you must submit the following:
Digital Footprint Analysis (1,000–1,500 words) Your career coach has asked you to conduct a digital footprint analysis in which you analyze your social media and technology use for their impact on your personal and professional identy. Your analysis should be submied as a Microso Word document.
Supporng Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
Citaon Help Need help cing your sources? Use the CfA Citaon Guide and Citaon Maker.
Social Media Case Studies You may use these case studies to complete your digital footprint analysis if you do not have a social media profile. An accessible version of this document can be found in the Social Media Case Studies – Accessible Version document.
