Date: September 23, 2014
To: David A. Ball
From: Ahseante’ Hicks
Subject: Online Reputation
David, I looked you up online and found out a lot about who you are. Your
Linkedin, Facebook and other pieces of information helped me gather my
information. Everything below is what I
was able to learn.
In looking for details on your professional life I found out from your
Linkedin page that you currently have numerous jobs. You work for Red Bull as a
student brand manager, you are a video production assistant at D.E. Media
Production and you are the Co-Founder at Brave New World Productions. You plan
on graduating in the spring of the year 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in
marketing communication. Based on the number of jobs you have done with Red
Bull it appears to me that you may one day want to make a career working
alongside them. I say alongside them and not for them because you state how you
feel an ideal job is one which allows an individual an autonomous relationship
with the working world, allowing you the opportunity to interact freely with
the world around and actively be engaged in your own element. I can tell that
you enjoy working in the communications/media department. Your top skill
appears to be marketing communications with social media right behind it. With
how well your page is organized and the way you have worded your information,
you probably enjoy writing and reading. Everything about your Linkedin page
tells me you are versatile person with many skills. Also you probably have
numerous connections in the professional world.
Your Facebook page gave me a lot of insight into your own personal
life. I found that you were born on September 4 in Denver, Colorado. You
graduated from Northglenn High School in the year 2011. You have one sister,
Sarah, and two brothers, Jason and Ryan. You also have at least two cousins,
Jake and Kyra. I had a difficult time finding other things involving your
family other than your graduation party pictures which leads me to believe you
are somewhat private when it comes to divulging information about them. From
looking at your various picture albums I can tell you are a very adventurous
person and I am going to go as far as to say a high-stakes risk taker. I get
the feeling that you are somewhat spontaneous at times. You have over 1,200
friends which to me is impressive. Based on the amount of friends you have I
would have to say you are social and like to keep up to date with friends from
years back who you do not get the opportunity to visit with anymore. On your
timeline you have some interesting posts. It leads me to believe you enjoy
thinking in a philosophical manner. Also, you love to take pictures that
capture the many spontaneous moments you create with your friends. With the
frequency in which post on your Facebook you seem like the person who wants
people to know what you are thinking in the moment and what you are doing. You
have a vast taste in music. From what I
know about the movies you like, there are more that contain action so you
probably are a big fan of action films.
The most interesting I found on you is your YouTube account. The first
link that appeared on google is a video of you and a few other aggie students
skydiving with the Red Bull skydiving athletes. I was not expecting to see you
do such a thing. This solidifies my thought that you are a high stakes risk
taker. Also, I discovered that you can play the drums rather well. Based on
your videos it looks like you enjoy making videos and that you spend a good
amount of time working on them. Your YouTube account gave me a good side to see
your creative side.
From your Twitter account I can see you are a frequent tweeter and
retweeter. I can tell that you feel Logan, Utah is not the greatest place on
Earth based on the amount that you retweet the account Logan Utah Sucks. Your
header “Raised By Wolves” tells me that in some ways you may feel alone or you
think of yourself as more of an individual and leader than a follower. Judging
the style of tweeting you do I assume you like to write tweets that get your
followers to chuckle.
I found that you have a INK361 account. I do not know exactly what type
of social media website this is but judging on the looks it appears to be
something similar to a combination of Instagram and Twitter. I can tell that
you are not as active on this website like you are on Twitter. The pictures you
have on your page contain more editing than others I have seen on other
websites so you might you this page to show off your creative side on pictures.
To sum up what I found I can tell you are someone is enjoys being on
the move. You do not like to have dull moments in your life. You have an open
lifestyle where like people to know what you are doing and you keep your family
private. You know where you want to be in the future and have a plan for how to
get there. The social media is like your second home and you are a well-rounded
person.
I can tell that you took a lot of time researching David Ball. I liked that you made assumptions about David at the beginning of your memo, then by the end you found facts about him that backed up the inferences. David has nothing to worry about because his personal information found online is positive. I think that says a lot about how important it is to be careful when it comes to putting information online. Just as you did, potential employers are going to infer certain things about us in regards to what they find on the internet.
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