Online self assessment and course review #23thingsmci

The last ‘thing’ suggested by the mci’s 23 things course was a renewed online self-assessment. I followed this recommendation and

completed a second online self-assessment tool. Overall, I did well but my weakest points remained online safety and digital content and creation.

In order to work on my problem areas, I have started to learn to code python. I had used R in the past a little bit but figured that python is more versatile and also easier to learn. As to online safety, I will go over Thing 4 again and take it from there.

My online safety and security, however, was helped by this course overall. I have learned many things I had not known before and was able to improve on many others.

I am still so surprised at how much more efficient my online searches have become since working through the information contained in ‘Thing 6 – search like a pro’.

I am very grateful for the myriad of tools and links provided in this course, including where to find free pictures and software of all sorts. It was also great to have to try out various online and downloadable tools and use them to create meaningful content.

I very much enjoyed this course and look forward to continuing to applying the newly gained skills and knowledge in my personal as well as professional life.

LinkedIn #23thingsmci

Thing 20 was about Professional Social Networks. The task was to either start or review one’s own LinkedIn account. I already had an account, so I used the Ultimate Linkedin Cheat Sheet offered within the course to review my profile.

The cheat sheet offered a number of helpful tips. The main change I made was adding a banner foto and working on my headline.

I also started to ask for recommendations from people I have been collaborating with. I would have like to activate the career interest, career advice, and salary insights options but they did not appear to be available to me on my free account.

Over the past three years, LinkedIn has replaced Facebook for me. The professional social network provides me with more useful information than Facebook and it is interesting and helpful to see what colleagues are doing or connecting to other professionals interested in my postings.

I started a new account three years ago and let it lie dormant for the past two. I think I will use this renewed focus on my account to become more active on it again. In particular, I will work on meaningfully increasing my network and also post my own contributions more frequently.

Let’s see what will do to my career! 😉