Welcome to the Scot-Spot! Here, you'll read about tips, tricks and observations that I have learned throughout the day and want to share with you! Current events will also be addressed as well as any links or sites of interest.
For instance, I'm learning very quickly the value of staying connected. For a while, I have been active on Facebook, however, I was very resistant on joining other social networking media such as Twitter. A friend from Japan finally convinced me that Twitter isn't as evil as I made it out to be, and I'm glad I listened. I now can stay informed with the news, company information, and various social issues. I may not tweet much myself, as no one really cares about what I have for breakfast or the fact that my tie doesn't match with my shirt, but reading other tweets is very engaging.
Secondly, I strongly recommend joining the website LinkedIn.*This is a great networking tool, and I was surprised to find a large number of my former colleagues are already members! This site allows you to post your resume, contact information, and even allows you to post recommendations of your colleagues for others to see, as well as receive recommendations from them. LinkedIn does have premium features for a nominal fee, but the free features seem more than adequate for moderate networking. It's hard to pad a resume with this site!
Other sites exist that are worth mentioning, as well. Later, I'll give a blurb on lang-8.com, a native-speaker foreign language social networking site.
I'm going to digress for the moment, since it's worth mentioning that the great BP oil spill of 2010 appears to be finally over. The folks along the Gulf Coast have been through much in the past three months, and our prayers are with them.
*I'm not in any way affiliated with or compensated by the LinkedIn web site.
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