Hello everyone! Welcome again to another entry of the Fishbowl! I am still searching for a student affairs job but I actually am really feeling connected with the field of student affairs and residence life and that is thanks to....(horns blowing) Twitter!!
Yes..Twitter. Which I found out is an amazing way to network with professionals that previously you would have been unable to do or do in limited capacities (networking events, conferences) I feel you really get to connect with them on a level that you could not do before. I used to be dead set against Twitter and as a matter of fact, I used to be proud that I hadn't used it before! What a moron I was! LOL! Twitter reminds me of something that one of my college professors used to say..You get out of something, what you put into it. Twitter is exactly like that. You can't just sign up, mention you are job searching and then expect something to happen. Unless you are lottery winner lucky...or even lottery winner twice lucky! You need to meet people, connect with them, get involved in conversations, if people ask for help, ask them what you can do. You might be very surprised with the response! I think you also need to develop a strategy if you want to successfully network on Twitter. I wouldn't constantly post every day that you are looking for a job..I think that would be annoying. Once a week seems to be the standard for something like that. I think you also want to get new followers before you do any more postings. Always expand your network. If the same ten followers get the same mention every week, no one benefits from that. Always try to get new followers and never dismiss the connection. Maybe it isn't a hiring manager that you are talking with, but you never know who someone else knows. Finally, I feel I have already benefited from Twitter. I don't have a job yet but I have connected with a lot of great people and professionals. I found out about a few jobs exclusively through Twitter and had one professional offer to email them my resume and they would keep their eyes open. I appreciate that so much and I dont think I would have experienced any of that if I had not been on Twitter!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Opinions
Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying my blog as much as I love writing entries, and lately I have been more into than ever! Now the whole point of this blog is me talking about my efforts to get back in the field of student affairs. I really don't want to get overly political, it isn't the spin that I am looking for. However an incident happened that really has me wanting to talk about it and I think my blog is a great place to do that.
If you are in the field of student affairs, you may know about what is going on with Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell and University of Michigan student Chris Armstrong. Chris Armstrong was elected student body president of UM. Andrew Shirvell decided to make a personal vendetta against Armstrong because he is gay and Shirvell felt that Armstrong was radical in his lifestyle. I know there are more details than that, but that is the abridged version that I am aware of. Andrew Shirvell should be ashamed of himself..absolutely ashamed of himself. If one has their opinion..they are entitled to it. I don't agree at all but he can have his opinion. However, to do what he did was so far out of line, I hope that he is fired from his job as soon as possible. He acted immaturely, he has been about as discriminatory and closed minded as one can get and basically has acted like a big bully against a young student leader. I dont know the every day operations of an Attorney General but I am going to assume standing outside of Armstrong's house at one in the morning is not part of the job detail. I think he has much more on his agenda instead of harassing a college student. I hope the right things happen and he publicly apologizes to Mr. Armstrong and that he steps down or is removed from Attorney General. I am very happy that UM banned Shirvell from their campus. Backing up Mr. Armstrong was the absolute right thing to do. Ok..like I said before...this blog is not intended to be a political one..but I had to voice my opinion on the topic. Hope you enjoy the reading!!
If you are in the field of student affairs, you may know about what is going on with Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell and University of Michigan student Chris Armstrong. Chris Armstrong was elected student body president of UM. Andrew Shirvell decided to make a personal vendetta against Armstrong because he is gay and Shirvell felt that Armstrong was radical in his lifestyle. I know there are more details than that, but that is the abridged version that I am aware of. Andrew Shirvell should be ashamed of himself..absolutely ashamed of himself. If one has their opinion..they are entitled to it. I don't agree at all but he can have his opinion. However, to do what he did was so far out of line, I hope that he is fired from his job as soon as possible. He acted immaturely, he has been about as discriminatory and closed minded as one can get and basically has acted like a big bully against a young student leader. I dont know the every day operations of an Attorney General but I am going to assume standing outside of Armstrong's house at one in the morning is not part of the job detail. I think he has much more on his agenda instead of harassing a college student. I hope the right things happen and he publicly apologizes to Mr. Armstrong and that he steps down or is removed from Attorney General. I am very happy that UM banned Shirvell from their campus. Backing up Mr. Armstrong was the absolute right thing to do. Ok..like I said before...this blog is not intended to be a political one..but I had to voice my opinion on the topic. Hope you enjoy the reading!!
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