Information System Personal Branding & Self-Promotion

Question: Discuss about the Information Systemfor Personal Branding Self-Promotion. Answer: Alternative Career Paths in Technology There are many alternative career paths in technology which can be chosen by those who are involved in technology. The alternative careers include auto repair as today many of the vehicles are driven by technology, teaching as the professionals of technology have deep knowledge about the subject and they can guide students to embark a career (Boh et al. 2016). It also indulges managements as the professionals may be interested in having own shop and managing it perfectly, cosmetology as technicians can deal with real people and real tissues plus they can get instant results and research and development as the IT field always needs enhancements. Personal Branding Self-Promotion Personal branding of an individual is referred to the values that the person stands for or the offerings that the individual delivers on a constant basis. It is like the trademark of an individual which should be maintained and protected. Personal branding is not the same as self-promotion. An individual has to work on many levels in order to build a personal brand and which the first level indulges knowing oneself in and out (Vallas and Cummins 2015). Then comes the way to communicate with the audience in order to achieve target. Value is the key factor, which separates personal branding from self-promotion. Vendor Certification or Academic Qualification? Why not both? Both qualification and certification have their own significance in an individuals career. Certain circumstances occur where both of them matter equally. Qualification specifies that a person can perform the consequences of the job offered or not whereas certification tells whether the paper or education indicate the person to be appropriate for the job or not. Hence, both vendor qualification and academic certification has their roles and responsibilities in an individuals career (Seifi et al. 2017). But qualification often matters as a person can prove himself/herself if he/she has been properly qualified. There are many benefits of having a mentor at initial stage of any professional career as- The employee can consult the mentor for any type of advice and thus make less mistakes in the profession It reduces the isolation of the employee at the workplace. Any new employee may not know much people at the workplace and may feel lonely. This may cause distraction in the work. Thus, having a mentor can make the employee feel less lonely or isolated. The employee can get career advices and productivity increment suggestions from the mentor. After the mentoring procedure, employees can become more self-directed and can handle the circumstances of their own which can help the organization to increase the productivity and evolve in a positive way. The mentored employee understands the information of sharing of information and collaboration between the employees of the organization and hence can help the organization to increase the productivity (Eby et al. 2015). An environment of cultural and professional growth can evolve in the company. References Boh, W.F., De-Haan, U. and Strom, R., 2016. University technology transfer through entrepreneurship: faculty and students in spinoffs.The Journal of Technology Transfer,41(4), pp.661-669. Eby, L.T., Butts, M.M., Hoffman, B.J. and Sauer, J.B., 2015. Cross-lagged relations between mentoring received from supervisors and employee OCBs: Disentangling causal direction and identifying boundary conditions.Journal of Applied Psychology,100(4), p.1275. Seifi, M., Gorelik, M., Waller, J., Hrabe, N., Shamsaei, N., Daniewicz, S. and Lewandowski, J.J., 2017. Progress Towards Metal Additive Manufacturing Standardization to Support Qualification and Certification.JOM,69(3), pp.439-455. Vallas, S.P. and Cummins, E.R., 2015. Personal branding and identity norms in the popular business press: Enterprise culture in an age of precarity.Organization Studies,36(3), pp.293-319.