LinkedIn: What Is It and How Can It Help?

LinkedIn is an networking site that has, according to their website, over two hundred twenty-five million members. Unlike other social networking sites such as Facebook, Linked in is mean for a more professional representation of oneself. This is because LinkedIn is a site meant for both possible employees to advertise themselves to businesses the member wishes to get hired from as well as a site that businesses can search for possible employees.

How the users can do this is by setting up a LinkedIn profile detailing several aspects of themselves to show what the user are capable of to employers. The profile should include the user's name, a picture, educational background, previous occupations, and skills that the user possesses. The skills section is highly important as one can put all that they have learned into that section of their profile even if they lack work experience. Personalizing the URL of the user's Linked in profile is recommended so that the URL can be placed documents so that employers can easily access the page. As this job searching site may be an employer's first look at a user making a professional first impression is important as it may make or break the the employer's willingness to hire the user.

QR Codes Benefits and Risk

A QR code, or Quick response code, is, according to Denso (the inventor of the QR code), is a machine readable 2 dimensional code. One way to look at a QR code is a more advanced version of the standard bar code. While a bar code can be read in a linear fashion to identify an item that the bar code is tied to it can only be read across; thus, being a 1-Dimension code. Adding another Dimension with the QR code gives several benefits above the bar code. One major benefit is ability for QR codes to be able to have data correction. For instance, let us say that the QR code has stains or is damaged in some way, one would still be able to read the code if below 30 percent of it is damaged. A list of other benefits includes higher capacity of data holding, ability to hold a greater variety of data such as different languages, being able to have the same amount of data in a bar code but in a smaller form, and being able to be scanned from any angle as well as on distorted surfaces.

A QR code is used in several ways to make track or categorize different item. But one important way to use a QR code is one that can link you to websites. SANS Securing the Human advises being careful when using QR codes as they may link to a malicious site and may give mal-ware to the device you are using. So, as with anything linking to the internet be sure that the link or QR code is legitimate and safe.

Social Networking and Security When Promoting a Brand Name and Business

Social networking is now an efficient way to connect to other people via the internet. It allows them to broadcast the events of their lives to their peers. Businesses can also do this, and broadcast events that are happening to them and their customers or potential customers being their peers. This would allow a business to advertise, connect with customers, and promote themselves on social networks. This could be a huge boon for any brand as this would be a free method of giving information on their goods or services.

Although there are several benefits for a brand to have a social networking account, there is the possibility that it it could damage the business as well. Business can be treated as a person as well on social networking sites in the sense that when they make an announcement or share information the put their reputation on the line and are open to scrutiny. Any sort of information leak that would be damaging to their reputation would have great negative effects. This is especially true for social networking sites as the information that one is putting on there may not have the greatest security as hackers may be seeking information that would be valuable for them to use against the business. Thus, caution must be used when using social networking sites to promote yourself regardless of who you are.

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This blog is dedicated to my journey in becoming a computer scientist. Currently I am a student of San Jose State University Majoring in Computer Science. I program in Java but, intend to learn how to program in the other languages as well.

I became interested in this field  due to my affinity to video games. However, I came to find that computer science covers a vast selection of other career choices. I was also told  that computer science is a promising degree to have in the job market. With how fast technology has grown in the past few decades, I am sure that becoming a programmer assist me not only in the job market but as a person living in the 21st century as well.

The challenges in my future are numerous. Such as learning all the other languages and learning the logic behind programing as well as applying it to real life situations.