Title: Use of Social media in a job search The paper can be one of the following types: · technical papers · business benefit papers · advocacy papers · hybrid technical/business papers · The audience...

Whitepaper on USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN JOB SEARCH


Title: Use of Social media in a job search The paper can be one of the following types: · technical papers · business benefit papers · advocacy papers · hybrid technical/business papers · The audience of a whitepaper will be a job seeker. · Length: 1200-1600 words · Graphics: at least three graphics, two of which have to be original · Format in Citing and Listing Sources: APA · Number and Sources: at least five sources, at least one of which has to be obtained through OneSearch How to Organize the White Paper: Please include the following sections in your white paper: · Executive Summary · Introduction · Previous Approaches · New Findings · Conclusion · References The things need to be considered: AUDIENCE · The audience for the whitepaper should be clear · The white paper provides background context that the audience can use in acquiring new information about the issue or problem EXECUTIVE SUMMARY · is thorough -- a busy executive understands the problem described and the purpose of the white paper from the executive summary INTRODUCTION · summarize the research · define the necessary terms in the report PREVIOUS APPROACH · describes the approaches and strategies that have been previously used or are currently used · integrates research to support the descriptions of the problems with the approaches NEW FINDINGS · describes the findings of the research and presents and interprets the data for the reader · relates these findings to the purpose of the paper CONCLUSION · reviews the research in light of the previous approaches · provides the audience with information about what steps might be taken · SOURCES: · APA format · sources are scholarly, primary, or appropriate for the message in the white pape GRAPHICS: · at least 3 graphics · 2 should be originals In the Executive Summary, summarize your research and your purpose. The executive summary should be a stand-alone document. It should be written in such a way that a busy executive could read the executive summary and know exactly what the paper is about without reading the rest of the paper. · In the Introduction, you lay the groundwork for your readers for the details that will be introduced in the white paper. If you need to define any terms, you will do so here. You might share an anecdote or illustration to describe why this topic is important. In the Previous Approaches section, you will describe the approaches or strategies that have been previously used or are currently used on the topic. For example, if your white paper is being written to advertise a new taxi service in your area, you might review what transportation services are provided now. You could show the challenges or problems that the current services involve. In this section of the white paper, your use of sources will be very important. You should integrate research to show that the problems you have identified exist. In the New Findings section, you present perhaps the most important information in the paper. In this section, you will describe the findings of your research and relate these findings to the purpose of your report. You will not only provide data and research, but you will also explain the data and research and why it is relevant to your report’s topic. For example, if your white paper is being written to advertise a new taxi service in your area, you might review what transportation services are provided now and show why the new taxi service fills a need that the current set of transportation services does not fill or solves a problem that the current set of transportation services does not solve. You will provide data and evidence for why the new taxi service has promise in solving the problems you have identified. In this section of the white paper, your use of sources will be very important as well. You should integrate research to show that the problems you have identified will be solved by your new approach. In the Conclusion section, you review what your research shows in light of the previous approaches used. You will not tell the audience what steps to take next. However, you will summarize what your findings articulate. In the References, you will list your sources that you cited in the paper. You will list them in APA format. Please note that the lectures on white papers that you have viewed and examples of white papers you may have read may not have used APA format. You will be using APA format in this assignment.