Online networking and employability: My experience
A few months back I used to hear people say “ I have a social media account in order to network with other people ”. To me this meant hooking up with old school mates and friends, well that is what I saw most people around me doing anyway. So when I thought about getting other social media accounts I felt like what for? I do not want to bug my head with so meaning pass words. To me networking online and selling one’s skills could not be done. With so much content and chatting who will see me and my skills? How will they know the kind of person I am without seeing me face to face? But later this thought changed as I saw more and more people whom I respected and considered as role models inviting me to join this or that social media and when I checked their profiles it looked so professional and I thought to myself so what do I have to lose? But the big bang!!! That finally convinced me that networking online and em ployability were real and serious and not just some