How do You Describe Your Job to People?
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Posted by Jenn Lowther
* This blog post is part of Invoke’s participation in the 2008 Vancouver Blogathon for Charity
This post was inspired by my really good friend Will. I have a problem explaining my job to people who are not in the industry. I have known Will for quite a while at this point and when we get onto the subject of work, I’m pretty sure he still doesn’t completely get what I do. He understands the blogging part, project management, and the research, but when it comes to the other Social Media aspects of my job, not so much.
My descriptions of my jobs range from ‘I play on the internet’ to ‘It’s like PR but online’. Even with this, my Mom still tells people I work for Google, no matter how many times I explain it to her. Think about it, my title is Social Media Strategist, we can’t expect people who are barely capable of opening their email to have any clue about what that means.
I highly doubt that I’m the only one thats had this issue, so how do you tell people who do not live online what you do?
