Yes I did thought that creating a word cloud in Wordle made it clearer what the position was. There were things that I had missed in reading the ad that I was able to pickup on once I saw them in a word cloud.
The key tags that appear are education ,work, nutrition and English.The tag has emphasized that education is very valuable and needs to be addressed.It is also very important to be able to communicate in English.The tag has made it clear that the position is for a Dietician or nutrition consultant job tag that has graduated from University with a degree.This would make us aware that we have to insert such keywords in our resume.
Hash-tagging a job ad for a registered dietitian did seem to highlight the important elements of the job. At first glance I was able to get a general idea of what the job was. Key words such as 'dietitian', 'nutrition', 'families' and 'counselling' really stood out. Just from these four words you can get a picture that the position is for a dietitian position in the area of counselling patients and families about good nutrition. Putting a job ad into wordle is a good way to quickly see the key elements and words in the job that you might want to include in your resume when applying for the job. I have never hash-tagged before but it is a fun and interesting way to share information and highlight important information.
Some of the key tags were: fashion, market, sketches, and samples. The tag cloud definitely highlighted some of the elements of the job and skills I should have instantly noticeable. It gave me a lot of information in less time than it would have taken me to read the job advertisement itself. The keywords highlighted would help me fix my CV or resume, as well as what kinds of things to note during an interview.
I pasted a job ad for a position at Starbucks into the Wordle. The words I was most aware of were "starbucks", "job" and "employment". I was less aware of but surprised to see words like "corporate", "internships" and "benefits". The position is more clear as a whole and what an employee can expect to get out of a job at Starbucks but the word "coffee" appears nowhere so the tasks and details of the job are excluded. I think this particular Wordle is misleading.
Using Wordle to create a tag cloud for job positions is a great idea. I can find out the key words the employer is looking for in a CV and it can give me an edge against my competition. I used a job posting for a community nutritionist position and the main tags that appeared were ability, knowledge and experience. I would definitely use these words throughout my CV to show that I understand the job description and that I would be a perfect match.
I searched for a Cargill job in marketing as that is where I am working this summer. After posting the job description in wordle, the main tags I got back were: Cargill, business, grain, customers, sales, crop and consulting. This helped to make the position more clear to me because of words like customers and consulting. Because of this, I knew that this would be an interactive job with Cargill's customers. That's exactly what I want in a job! This would be useful for a cover letter over my resume, or to keep in mind when creating a resume for this specific job. Cool!
The tag cloud on wordle.net made the job position for an interior designer very clear. Words that stood out are: sales, customers, fixtures, leader, and challenge. This is a great idea for getting a good sense of what is expected of a job applicant and I'm going to use this website in the future!
For this job http://jobkin.com/search.htm?moreinfo=2131 as a youth leader, the main key tags are leadership, program and youth. I thought that the tags are pretty good representation of the job, but I also find that education is a huge part of it. But just because the job description does not include the specific word "education", it does not show up as a tag. Nonetheless, this is a good preliminary way to pick out key points of a job, or any page at all.
Wordle did a really good job highlighting the important and key words that are associated with the job. Having words bigger than others shows and emphasizes how important they are. For example, the job ad for a social worker had the word "persons", "needs" and "services" stand out; all of these are important concepts specific to the job. I think this is a really unique and eye catching way to advertise something.
Wordle.net is a really interesting tool to use. I liked that in a really simple and easy-to-use way, it helped me see what was stressed the most in the job posting. I also like that you can limit the number of words used in the 'tag cloud' to however many you want, easily filtering out what is most important. Plus, being able to change the orientation and colour makes it kind of fun.
The wordle tag cloud definitely made words stand out in the add that I may not have picked up by just reading it through.
Here is the url for my tag cloud http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854852/Vet_job_tag_cloud
Some key words were Benefits, Conduct, English, French, Prepare, Education, Skills, Speak, Read and Write. This job is a teaching position at a bilingual veterinary school, so the tag cloud makes that quite clear. It emphasizes some key skills needed and aspects of the job. The facts that benefits are available and bilingualism is essential are obvious even with a quick glance.
Wordle seems to be very useful in seeing generally what a job will entail in simple and easy to read terms. I believe that it is a good representation of information and I will be using it in my further endeavors to look into the most important points in an article or advertisement because it is so easy to understand. Although, sometimes very important parts of a job advertisement may only be noted once in the ad(it may be a negative aspect of the job) and that would not be evident to you if you were to look at the tag cloud.
Using Wordle to create a tag cloud for a job posting for a Full Time Veterinarian gave me the key words of "Deer","surgery", "x-ray and laser". This is obviously a practice that requires the applicant to be familiar with this technology and would be a nice heads-up when applying for the position. I found this to be a useful tool to "pepper" my application with key words that the employer is looking for.
I'm a visual learner, and wordle was definitely a better way to get the key points of the job description through to me. It highlighted words like Community, Home, Nutritional, Care, Needs, Resource, and Team. I can see how this could be a great tool to have on your blog so that first time visitors have a clear idea of what your major topics are. One of the blogs that I follow, FoodPolitics.com, uses an alphabetized tag cloud which makes it easy to find articles on certain topics. This is good since there is a post every weekday, and it would be difficult to sift through all of those posts to find the ones relevant to a certain topic.
Here is the link to my Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854873/Wildfire_Dispatcher_with_SRD_employment The position I currently have is Wildfire Dispatcher with SRD (Gov of Alberta). Key tags: Aircraft, monitor, operation, daily, fire, activities, radio, flight, maintain, wildfire, communication. These tags are the critical duties tied onto this job, it was neat to see how it picked out the most important words. There are a lot of big words from the job description. The description was quite lengthy so it was a quick way to look up the key words associated with the job. For fun I did a tweet cloud on my twitter feed which brought up the two key words love and thanks the most.
By creating a word cloud I am able to see which words appear most in a job ad. Words such as organized, manage, and finance appeared most frequently in the ad that I ran through Wordle.net. By knowing this information I will now be able to adjust my resume and cover letter to include these words, and inform the employer that I am qualified and should be considered for the position. The tag cloud doesn't necessarily make certain elements of the position more clear, but helps show what attributes and qualifications the employer are looking for.
The tag cloud has made certain elements of the position more clear for sure, such as education, position and degree, however I do not agree with one that is "completion". I think that "completion" should be smaller in the tag cloud and something such as dietitian should appear greater than it is, since that is the job title and the completion of education, degree... etc. should be implied since having a degree is already specified. This program is definitely very useful for making tag clouds as you do not need to specify what to make big or small, it does the work for you.
I found an ad for a marine life animal care attendant. It was super helpful to make the wordle because it highlighted the most important parts of the job. It also highlighted some of the characteristics a person would need to do well at the job. I really like the idea of tag clouds now that i've learned how to use them!
Here is a link to the wordle ad http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854967/Marine_Job_Position
I searched for an equine related job and found a posting for a ranch hand/trainer. The wordle layout made what the requirements of the job were and what the job entails. The main tags which were present after creating the cloud were: breeding, supervise, farm, programs, operations, train and horses. I like how this type of a search organized the ad into the important components and it is something I will be using in the future!
I searched for a job as a clinical dietician. The key words that came up were: experience, work, nutrition, clinical, develop, and service. This can be a good way to find the topics an ideas that the employer may want you to focus on. Including these key words in your cover letter, or resume can help make you stand out. Also, this can be an affective way to see the main duties or activities you will be doing as a part of this job. Cool website, and neat way to organize information!
By creating a tag cloud in Wordle, it was easy to see the main points in the job description. Some words that were highlighted were communication, assit, horses and farm. The tag cloud will help me to know what to emphasise in my cover letter when applying for the job. This is a great tool and also a really fun site!
I thought Worldle did a great job at emphasizing the main points from such a large scope of information. I did not know how useful tags could be and features like tag clouds. It focuses on the main ideas so you can get a good understanding of the main features of the bigger picture. It could be a huge time saver if you need to read something and understand the main points in a rush.
I searched for a social work job add, copied the job description and there you have it. It is very interesting to see what the employers value allowing you to tailor your CV to what the desire. Words like "Family", "Multi-disciplinary", "responsible" and "development" all stood out. These words fall right into the description of my Human Ecology degree majoring in family studies, very interesting.
Wordle is an interest technique to use to find the important words from the job ad. This would be helpful to catch the peoples attention and help stand out by using the key words that they are looking for.
"Wordle" is such a interesting and useful website. I created with "Beer", and it comes with "Bud light", "Platinum" and a lot of other important information related to this job. From these words, we can clearly see the insight of the job, like what the job is about and how the job could be done well. All these information helps when we facing situations that asking us to choose from jobs. I think "Wordle" would be a very good reference for career selecting.
Using wordle to make certain aspects of a job stand out if a great idea! The job i chose to look up was a community nutritionist job with an importance in knowledge, experience and ability as these world were the ones that stood out the most. Using tags for job postings is a great idea to help gain an understanding of the important points of that job. Great idea that i will use in the future!
The job post I found was for a special needs teacher in Calgary. Some of the key words that stood out in the word cloud were 'training', 'variety', 'needs', 'students', and 'learners'. Word clouds seem to condense information given and pick out key and repeated words which is helpful when creating a CV. By using word clouds for job descriptions specific language can be picked up that should be used when writing a CV specific to a particular position. The word cloud created can be found at http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4855002/Special_Education
The key tag shows dietitian, health, hospitals, food. These tags show the working environment and the key element I should deal with. I think it is very important and useful for me when I apply jobs, because it can help me know the skills I should have and some basic information.
Some of the key tags that appear on wordle are: animals, shelter, management, disease, hours and protocols. I found that the key words definitely highlighted some of the elements of the position that many people might overlook when firstly being drawn to the job as well as emphasizing the obvious ideas. Things like hours and management emphasizes the commitment to the job a person would need to excel. I think that if I were to think about this position I would definitely include my flexibility and ability to manage my time, others effectively as well as my knowledge of animals and proper care.
After searching for a job on agcareers.com I found a certified seed production agronomist ad that was positioned out of the lethbridge area. I posted the position overview, the key responsibilities of the job and the job qualifications on the wordle website and created a tag cloud out of the ad. The key word that immediately caught my eye out of the tag cloud was production, which comes straight out of the job title. Other words that caught my attention in the tag cloud were: management, activities, ability, require, seed, and ability. If I were to just read the tag cloud I feel like I wouldn't quite understand what the job was about.
I thought Wordle did a good job in highlighting the major components of what the job requires, and separates the more important parts of the job description from the less important. Important words in my cloud were display, stylist, fashion, team, exciting, and full-time. Wordle helped me to summarize what the job description entails by highlighting the most commonly used words, which helped me gain a better understanding. It's a better format I think than just reading the job description in a flat, paragraph/block of text format because it is easier for me to look at or glance over.
I pasted a job add for an environmental consultant into Wordle. The tags that came out were: Sustainability, Change, Deloitte, Climate, Team, and Issues. Because the add was very straight forward I do not feel it has made parts more clear but it definitely has reinforced the ideas of what the job would include and what they are looking for in a candidate. Having never used or created a tag cloud before I think that they are a very interesting concept and could be useful in many different circumstances such as applying for a job, or following someones train of thought. I know I will certainly use them again! They're like making an visually appealing list with hierarchical value.
I took a job posting off a Canadian forestry job website and put it into wordle without reading the job description, to see if the cloud would make the job position clear. The cloud only highlighted obvious things, like "work" "experience" and "required". I would only be able to tell what the job was unless I read all of the small, compressed words. The only large word that stuck out to me was "Manitoba"- an actual important piece of information about the job. The conclusion I can draw from this is that since the average viewer only pays attention to the largest words in a tag cloud, and does not take time to read all the smaller words, clouds could be useful if you already have some background information on the topic but can't be relied on to enlighten the reader about all key elements.
By pasting the job ad into Wordle, the key tags that were emphasized were coordinator, persons, leadership, programs and groups. I think the tag cloud really helps identify the key elements that one would need in applying for the job as well as making sure it's what you're looking for. Knowing what the employer is looking for can help when making a resume as well as in an interview.
I hash-tagged a position as a clinical dietitian and the key words in the tag cloud were 'providing', 'nutrition', 'staff', 'service' and 'food.' I think these are all pretty standard words for a clinical dietitian job specifically. You probably wouldn't see 'staff', for example, show up in an ad for a dietitian who has their own office and works independently. 'Staff' is definitely a major term for a clinical dietitian working in a hospital setting though because they are often working as a team with other care givers. So just from some of the key terms you can get an idea of what type of dietitian job, specifically, they are advertising for.
I made my tag cloud from a job ad for a dietitian: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854990/Dietitian_Job_Ad
Some keywords were: nutrition, dietitian, services, clinical, experiences and care.
I think these keywords sum up a dietitian's role pretty well, so tag clouds can be useful in identifying the main parts of a subject, such as a job. This can have useful applications in academic settings, like in reading scientific articles, lecture outlines, syllabi, review notes, etc - for things that we like to get the big picture of.
I pasted a Receptionist/Administrator Ad into the WORDLE. The result makes me so confused. The words I can be aware of were "Dandenong", "strong", "skills", "support" and "Receptionist/ Administrator". Every words was in different directions, and a big part of words are so small. The two biggest words are "skills" and "support", which made me confused about the key meaning was talking about support and skills, or a job ad. I think "Receptionist/ Administrator" should be the biggest word, so that viewer will know what the job it is. And then, skills and support are very important, too, since these are basic requirements for this job.
The add I copied onto Wordle was for a laboratory position. The key tags were: laboratory, staining, projects, analysis, experimental, responsible, strengths, models. The key tag definately sum up the duties and potential qualifications of the job. I found wordle to be really useful and really cool as it very quickly pulls out the important words to pay extra attention to! The link to the wordle is: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854886/Laboratory_Position!
I think the use of Wordle is a very creative way to see the key points, and words used within a job position. For example, I took a job position offer for an Animal Health Technologists, and words such as "animals", "skills", "exposure", and "assisting" stood out (due to their font size) - which are generally important traits for this position. However, the size of the word (and therefore, the ability for a word to stick out) mainly relies on the number of times it has been used within the job description - and therefore, words which aren't as important may be highlighted. For example, an important quality such as being "energetic" was in the smallest font size, while the word "include" was much larger. Overall, I think that making a tag cloud with Wordle it is a good start to looking at key elements of a job position.
I put an ad about a summer job for a post-secondary student at the wildlife rehabilitation centre in Edmonton. It pulled out as key wirds wildlife, rehabilitation, provide, care, skills, and post-secondary. I think wordle does a good job of finding the key elements of text. You could gain a basic understanding of the position requirements and job description from the tag cloud. It also shows what qualities are important to the employer. Provided and care were key words so obviously an essential part of the job is ensuring the animals are properly looked after. Here is the link to my tag cloud: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854960/Wildlife_Position
I was not aware that this site even existed so it was neat to discover this. I would've probably noted the key words if I read through the job add a few more times but Wordle put it into more obvious terms. Wordle highlighted more obviously the terms that are most important to the job ad I was reading and places more emphasis on the words I should be using within my resume. I would definitly consider using this site when writing my next resume or CV.
I found that the cloud was not very helpful in generating key words that gave me a better understanding the job ad. For example, i selected a forest measurments job in Manitoba, the word that came back the largest wad "work". This gave me zero indication of what the job itself would entail. So in my opinion, the cloud does not make the ad more clear. Your best bet is still to read the ad and come up with your own inturpretaion of what the ad is trying to convey.
The cloud was essentially useless. I entered a job from a forestry website, and the words the cloud emphasized were all painfully obvious before I read anything. Words like "work" and "Manitoba" were very large, which I knew immediately when I was looking for a job (which implies work) and chose a posting from "Manitoba". The outline of the job was significantly clearer in the job posting itself, which would have taken very little time to read properly, rather than take time to make a cloud. I'm not sure why most professionals would use this with regards to jobs, as reading the original is superior to the "novelty" of using wordle. The important words that I want to see were understated in the cloud, as they didn't necessarily occur often in the posting. To reiterate, I like my odds understanding key elements better through normal reading rather than using a cloud. It did almost nothing to make anything clearer.
Wordle is an interesting way to highlight key elements a position is looking for. For an AHT position, key words included 'laboratory tests', 'treatment', and 'education'. Knowing some of the important things they are looking for would allow be to tailor my CV accordingly. Wordle helped to bring attention to things that I hadn't really noticed before, which would be quite helpful if I were to do this when I am applying for a job one day.
Some of the key words that were on my tag cloud were: counselling, school, youth, and substance. This made some of the other aspects of the job a lot more evident. I think that using this can be beneficial because it emphasizes what is important for that position. I will definitely be using this in the future
"worldle" is really a good website for tag clouds. The idea is that if you want to search some thing, you can get the key points by using the the tag cloud. And its helps to save your time than just Google it. Tag cloud gives people a very directly visible feel. And i although this it is a good method for statistic propose.
I posted a job ad for an interior designers assistant into wordle.net The main words that caught my eye were "position", "interior", "designer", "design", "architectural" and "full time". It didn't exactly make things more clear as it is pretty expected that the words "interior" and "design" will be important in an interior designer assistant job. However, I then looked beyond the more attention grabbing words are more detailed ones describing skills and traits such as: rendering, shop, enthusiastic, energy and organized. I think this is helpful because a large job ad might be intimidating to read and apply for, but by picking out the key words, it can allow someone to focus on the most important aspects of the potential job and therefore have a better chance at impressing the employer. I didn't realize that a tag cloud could be so simple yet versatile, and even helpful in future job endeavors.
I used a zookeeper job description in Wordle. The position was for a Asian Mammal keeper. All the words wordle highlighted seemed to be of great importance for that field. A few of them were "experience", "Asian", "team", "mammal" and so on. I'll make sure to include words highlighted like that when applying for jobs in the near future. Wordle is very useful!
I searched for a job relevant to Food Science and copy/pasted one add into Wordle. The words that were highlighted "Analytical, Knowledge, Maxxam, Environment, Quality." Seems like a handy tool for finding out what an employer is looking for. In looking for a lab analyst, this company is putting heavy emphasis on the importance of one who knows how to do their job and do it well. Thanks to this tool, I know know what they want.
The job posting I was looking at was for a Naturalist at a whale watching company. Some key words that appeared in my wordle were: environment, marine, knowledge, safety and passengers. I like how certain words are emphasized more than others because it tells me key aspects of the job. For example, the word passengers. If I was just looking to be a naturalist and did not want to deal with the public this would not be a very good job for me. I think that wordle is a great summary tool.
I posted the job position of Child and youth worker, some of the key words that stood out to me in the word cloud were skills, benefits, diploma, and word. These words were significantly lager and darker in colour, which is why I was drawn to them at first. When I looked more closely I noticed other words such as youth, children, activities, community location, which are more accurate tags of what the job would involve, and not what it would take to get the job. Word clouds can be useful, but sometimes with job descriptions they may be misleading at first glance.
I found searched for any ag job in the area on the Agcareers website and found on for a agricultural manager at TD. When I put the job description in wordle, the biggest words in the word cloud were TD, credit, managers, management and manager. Those were not very helpful in finding what was important for the job because it was the title of the job and the hiring company (already listed in bold on the top of the ad). I did find it neat to see that in the cloud wordle generated for my two blogposts, the word "Facebook" was largest by far. Wordle is a neat tool and fun to play around with, but I would not find it extremely useful for finding the requirements the jobs wants. I would rather read and get the information directly from the ad.
I already have a job lined up for this summer, but I looked into a job description from the ALES weekly news letter. There I found a posting for a Go Green Team Ambassador position. I have worked in similar backgrounds: greenroofs, education, travelling, etc. When I entered the words into Wordle the main words were EVENTS, RECYCLING, and TEAM. Word cloud is useful. A quick way to get the main points compared to the read-and-highlight method.
I think the Wordle is a quite good tool we when are looking for a job and the support skills that we should have. A lots of detailed information can be found in the website, and for sure it is useful now and even in the future. I tag the information about nutrition and find it quite convenient!
This is written by Hau Ying Leung. I posted the job ad for dietitian and key tags that first drawn my attention are community, nutrition, diabetes, education, management, living. Some of them are the key emphasis of the job description but some of them are not. It is good to have some key tags so that people understand the rough idea about the context; however, never emphasize words that are not important or it would mislead the reader.
I actually found this Wordle activity very cool! I created a wordle out of a dietitian job ad and some of the biggest words to pop out were 'community', 'health', 'nutrition', 'professionals' and 'care'. In my opinion, this tag cloud has definitely highlighted some of the important aspects of the job posting. Wordle could really be useful when looking for some of those key words to plant in a CV that has been tailored for a specific position!
I searched for a job position in the Nutrition field, specifically related to holistic nutrition. I found a job posting for the Director of Nutritional Services at an addictions treatment center in Pennsylvania. The largest tags apparent on my Wordle cloud were diets, therapeutic, food, patients, services, and Livengrin (which was the name of the treatment center). Some of the medium-sized tags which caught my eye included counseling, experience, addiction, procedures, treatment, and recovery. These tags helped me to clarify that the job would be involving a lot of communication skills and patience, while working with individuals going through treatment for various addictions.
Through the use of Wordle, one can easily point out what a job position entitles, as well as the skills necessary for successful task performance. This activity made me realize that most jobs within the nutrition field require one to be credited as a Registered Dietitan - a great wake-up call considering that it is so competitive to obtain a Dietetic Internship at the UofA. Study time!
Here is a link to my Wordle cloud: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4855676/Nutrition_Job_Posting_2
I thought using wordle was so cool! It was super easy to use and was an easy way to clarify what the job position consisted of. The job I chose was an operational planner at TimberNorth Consulting. That is a pretty broad job title, so by using wordle it condensed the information into single words that I could easily look at. The words that come up were Athabasca (the location of the job), forestry, natural, resources, and team. Just from looking at those 5 words you can already get a better feel of what the job will entail, where it is, and what field it is concerned with. Wordle is a great summary tool.
I was really impressed by wordle! Simply by copying and pasting a job posting, it highlights the key words in the ad. When you are able to so clearly see which words have particular meaning to the employer, you are able to pinpoint which personal qualities you can use to your advantage in the job interview. I am currently looking for summer jobs, and I truly believe this will help me put my best foot forward.
I searched the definition of vet professional and I made two words to compare the definition. One wordle is from WCVM (Saskatchewan Vet College) http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4856062/WCVM-_definition_of_proefssional and the other is from UCVM (Calgary Vet College) http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4856079/UCVM-definition_of_professional.I want to be a veterinarian, so I want to know what it takes to be a professional in this field of work. These wordle clouds allows me to have focus works for my future CV, so that is helpful.
They both define being a professional in different ways UCVM according to the wordle focuses on being a learner and defining a professional person. On the other hand, WCVM defines a professional based on their roles and duties in the profession. WCVM’s main words were animal and health. It can be seen that the definitions have different focused based on the key words each definer used.
first of all, Wordle is quite pretty. I copied, and pasted a job posting for a small-animal vet position. I was greeted by a Wordle that basically outlined the job requirements, and areas that a small-animal vet would address. Overall, I found this Wordle to be helpful in understanding a job posting.
I thought wordle was pretty great in finding the key words in a paragraph of words. It highlighted the key words, and left out all the unnecessary words. Some key words that I found in my copied and pasted job posting was wildlife, internship, work, applicants, and provided. There was a lot more other words. It definitely helped with understanding the job post and showing the key words. I believe it would help with creating a resume for targeting the job.
This is a cool app! I pasted a Speech-Language Pathologist job ad and some of the key tags that appeared were: Edmonton, Completion, disorders, English, speak, check, school, etc. The tag clouds highlight many of the important terms that describe the position and the requirements for the position.
For someone that wants to know more about the organization that they're applying to, or someone that's unsure of whether they have the skill requirements met for the position, Wordle is a useful tool that will highlight many of the important key words that describe the position needed.
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4856350/traveller This is the word cloud of TRAVELLER. The biggest key word is TRAVEL and CARCELONA. The word CARCELONA surprises me. I don's even think of this country. I think this country is very good for travelling, and many people go there. WORLD is also key word. It is the word which I expect. As a traveller, I would travel all over the world to know the culture, food, habit, house in every country.
Just in case my tagging for Delicious didn't work, here are some websites that I've bookmarked: - http://mashable.com/2011/02/11/fashion-brands-social-media-roi/ - http://mashable.com/2010/04/27/foursquare-jimmy-choo/ - http://nubry.com/2011/09/burberrys-tweetwalk-takes-twitter-by-storm/ - http://www.flickr.com/
The ad I found is for a teaching position in a day care centre. The most emphasized word is "experience". Some of the smaller but obvious ones are "day", "care", "level", "parents", etc. This application is useful in a way that it provides us a visual and creative way to look some of the essential elements required in the job we are applying for. From this application, I can figure out right away that the employer is looking for someone who has experiences on related works. And I agree with it. Pre-school education is the first opportunity for children to get out from home and to learn about the society and how to get along with others. Teacher's role is really important and employer would want experienced teachers. However, not all the bolded keywords make sense to me. For example, "may" is one of the big words that showed up and it does not seem to have a special meaning to it. And since most of the bigger words are shown vertically rather horizontally, it makes them harder to read. Beside those, this application is quite useful and I enjoy reading all the colourful words!
It took a while for my wordle to actually create, many internet connection issues, but once getting it all sorted out it ended up being pretty cool. I posted an education job ad in there and received words like teacher, development, stability and long term. They all ended up being really accurate and putting all the basics out there.
This seems like it could be used in many different ways, so I will definitely remember to use it when I can.
I copied in a general fashion job posting and the biggest word was obviously "fashion". It also accentuates the words "creative" and "one." I think these words are fitting to any position in the fashion industry because you have to be creative and be able to think on the spot and the word “one” I consider means that you need to be individualistic and an independent worker. Another word that stands out to me is “competitive” and of course in any field there is competition but it is always heighten in industries where people are looking for unique and new ideas all the time.
I entered an ad for a opening for a clinical dietitian in Golden BC. The wordle focused on many elements such as: "professional" "leader" "nutrition" "care" "development" "community" and "friendly". This tag cloud has helped me look at the position as more than just starting a career but becoming part of a community. It has highlighted that more than just scientific knowledge, compassion will be necessary for the career path I have chosen. Kandice Mueller
The job I selected was quality control manager for a food and beverage manufacturer. The words that stood out were "product" "control" "manager" "quality" "testing" "resolve" and "issues". The wordle basically gave me a very brief glimpse of what the job is about and what it entails. Without looking at the actual description I can see that this job requires resolving issues for example in addition to the usual words I expected such as "quality and "control".
I liked how wordle basically creates a concise report of key words. This is helpful when screening and selecting jobs as it gives me the 'big picture' of what the main duties and requirements associated with that job are and even helps me remember it in a visual way when comparing more than one position.
I searched jobs for community nutrition and one that I came across was "Dietitian and Diabetic Educator." I love to educate and do trainings, etc so this was of interest to me. Some of the key words that showed up in my tag cloud were "Diabetic", "educator", "dietitian", "health", "outreach", and "responsible." I think using sites like Wordle are useful and have their benefits, especially in pointing out key words and summarizing a job description. I found the tag cloud to be relevant and highlight important words. The tag cloud allows me to gain information about the job quickly and gain a general understanding.
I must say, the cloud is visually appealing. For anyone wanting to gain the audience's attention, I think this is an amazing tool to utilize! Just like how pecha kucha is all about images with supporting commentary, I think using a tag cloud in a ppt presentation is a good opening/closing slide to summarize important points/findings. Not many people want to read through pages of words or have the ability to be very attentive, and that is when Wordle becomes useful!
I also forgot to mention that although many of the tags were obvious to me, one I did not expect was responsible. In any job where it is pertinent to be professional and respectful, responsibility obviously follows. I thought it was a good word to highlight, since when you're out in the field educating people on the causes and effects of diabetes, you are in an influential position and it is essential to be RESPONSIBLE with your words and actions.
I used Wordle to create a tag cloud from a museum tour guide job post. The biggest word appeared was “maintenance”, which reflected that the main responsibility of the job was to maintain the facilities. Other big words were “display”, “facility”, “care”, which seemed reasonable as they were also related to the museum work. I also noticed that the word “information” and “visitors” appeared a couple of times, but they were only in small size. As “visitors” and “information” are also important part of the job, I think it will be easier to see them if those words become bigger rather than appearing several times.
The word I found confusing was “skills”. It was very big and in the centre. Though “skills” is also important, it is not directly related to this specific job, because every job requires certain skills. I guess this tag “skills” can only show that the original text is related to job. Overall, I think this tag cloud was not necessarily clearer than the original job post, and the reason probably was that the original job post itself was not very long, and was in point form. I think tag cloud would be more useful when processing longer text.
The key words are "website", "communication" and "marketing". I think the tags make the main responsibilities of the position more clear.I think it's very convenient to use the tag cloud to get the main point of a resume or a job ads. However, I don't recommend people rely too much on computer.Since it doesn't guarantee to include every useful/important information in the job ads, I think it is better to quick read the ads. On the other hand, I don't think it is good to use computer to restrict the way to express ideas in languages (when referring to key words things).
Submitted into Wordle an add for a job I would like to attain in the future..."community", "therapist", "practice", "health", "friend", "independent", "development". All of it is quite enlightening. However I've used Wordle in the past and used it either for one of two things: A) I'm just wanting to do something creative and neat (tag clouds are quite pretty) with a friend, or B) I'm trying to do a quick overview of papers or articles I need for homework, and by running it through a cloud, I can find out whether an article should or should not be used even faster and easier than if I just tried to skim the article or read the abstract. For example, any tags that lie outside the content description or talk about the source's esteem more than the content can give me red flags on whether or not a reference will contain bias or not, or is scholarly or not.
I used Wordle on a job posting for a Groom/Stable Hand at Spruce Meadows in Calgary and these words were highlighted: "includes", "must", "Spruce", "work", "applicants", "meadows", "required", "horses". Overall I found that these words were not very useful for determining the what the job actually requires, but if you look at the slightly smaller tags you could determine more detailed information. A job posting with a lot of repeated words such as the ones seen above, may make it seem like those words are extremely important when actually on their own they are not descriptive at all and have to clear direction.
I put a job description for a dietitian. This description included the location oregon, full time, long term and in a state of the art facility. Wordle basically gave these exact words back highlighted. I feel it didn't give a sense of what the job description was trying to convey. The main words that were highlighted were dietitian and state. Which didn't capture what it should have
Wordle would not work for me last night! This morning I posted in an internship position with the Alberta Emerald Foundation. The biggest word was "Emerald" followed by "intern", but this is simply because it is in the job title "Emerald Intern". The words that stick out to me next were, "maintain", "excellent", and "event". These words do define a decent idea of the job, but you have to see the entirety of the cloud to understand other things that are very important to the job description. This job is about communication through social media, webpages and events. So I feel like this cloud does not do the posting justice.
I put a career as a Nutritionist into Wordle and the biggest words that appeared where "Knowledge", "Ability", "Experience", and "Nutrition". These words don't let me know much about the actual posistion and what it entails, however it does let me know its a job related to nutrition, and experience and ability are very important to the posistion. This is clearly stated in the advertisement. Using wordle as a tool to advertise a job posisiton would not be very helpful or clear in the expectations of the potential employee or the employer.
I really appreciate this interesting website wordle.net. It can synthesize different type tags so that we can find out the key words. The picture is not only useful but also interesting. I put hotel management ad which the personality result suggests I should take into the box and the website quickly synthesize the tags pictures for me. I share the website with my friends, and I hope they can make full use of it.
I pasted a job description for a summer job that I'm planning on applying for in a couple days. The more prominent words that came up were "communication", "transmissions", and "Microsoft." The wordle didn't actually help me out that much because the posted job description itself was already quite short so none of the words really had any more emphasis than others and I deduced the job in a nutshell on my own. I can definitely see how this would be more useful for a job/career that has a much longer description; you could very easily see the main point of a career that has a description which is pages long without spending 10 or more minutes reading it through.
By creating a Wordle cloud, I was able to see important qualifications in being a nutritionist. Words that popped out were therapeutic, food, dietician, health, management, service and community. This helped me out in showing that customer service and strong leadership are vital in this career field. The description on the nutritionist job was quite long, so this highlighted the main ideas. Check out my Wordle cloud at: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4863441/nutrition
When I pasted in a job posting for a veterinarian, wordle did a pretty good job of picking out key words. The largest word was "animal", but other important words were "benefits", "beef","practice", and "Edmonton". I think this website is pretty cool, and I will definitely use it in the future. However, I don't see myself using it to analyze a bunch of text, or to better understand a job posting. While I think it is visually appealing, I don't find it overly useful.
when I pasted a nutritionist job post in wordle it highlighted words such as educator, community, help, care. this tool was very useful because it highlights words I might have read the post quickly and missed key words
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My Wordle cloud was based on a veterinarian job. While I thought that some of the bigger words were helpful in determining the key points, I felt that the huge amount of smaller words just created a messy look. I think some of them should have been left out to create a neater looking tag cloud.
I post a food marketing job on the Worldle. The result is that the biggest word is the name of that company and the bigger ones are 'marketing', 'management', 'nutrition' and 'ability'.According to this, I find very useful information about this job and these key words are deeply related to food marketing job. I think Wordle is a helpful tool to select jobs that are more related to my preference but not a tool to determine which job I should choose.
I pasted a nutrition job into Wordle. The highlighted words that resulted were 'management', 'responsibilites', 'quality', 'nutrition' and 'food'. I've never heard of Wordle until this class, however I do not think that it is a site that is very useful for job searchers. But it was interesting to see which key words pertain to a potential career.
I was looking for a job in the nutritional field. I have never heard of Wordle until this presentation and it took quite a few different attempts before it actually produced a cloud for me. The words that appeared were not words that surprised me; things like "food", "science", "organization", "professionalism", "experience". These words could describe any type of job in the food industry and I did not find it helpful in terms of easing the job search for the future.
I searched for a job position in the Family Studies field and found numerous posting in Canada These tags helped me to clarify that the job would be involving a lot of communication skills and patience, while working with at risk families from diverse settings
Through the use of Wordle, one can easily point out what a job position entitles, as well as the skills necessary for success
The job posting that I found was for a product coordinator at Lululemon. When I copied the ad into Wordle and generated a word cloud the key words that came up were: management, design, skills and product.Looking at this word cloud I didn't think it provided me with any extra information that I didn't already get from the original job posting. I think a word cloud could be very useful when used with job ads if the ad is lengthy in text and maybe a little unclear. For the ad that I found it was very concise and to the point and so I got what the job interview would be about right away. As well the words that the word cloud focused on seemed very broad and general, as well as very obvious just from reading the job title. I do think wordle is a useful resource when dealing with lengthy texts but in this instance I didn't find it to be extremely helpful.
I found an add for a nutritionist position. The position is actually in Miami, that could be very fun to work there! ;) The word with the biggest emphasis is "must". The other words are "job" and "able". I think the word able is appropriate, there are many qualities needed to work as an health professional and customer service. "registered" and "dietician" are the next most emphasized words which are pretty self explanatory since it is an add for an nutrition position. Other important words are "interpret", "critical" and "evaluate" which I believe are very important qualities for a nutrition professional. Overall it highlighted the most important words trough out the add, and the qualifications required for such a career. It was a bit helpful but it mostly highlighted obvious things.
I entered a job posting for a promotions and marketing team member (similar to what I currently have with Athletics at the U of A). It was interesting to see some of the words come up - outgoing, personable, experience, management, fun. I actually use some of those words in my resume already, so it was reassuring to see I was on the right track. Wordle is definitely a good resource to use when applying for jobs because it picks out the key points, as well as can help you save time by emphasis the qualifications and specifications of the job.
I found a job for a fashion designer in Montreal and most of the bigger words that came up were things I already expected to see such as 'women', 'design', and 'collection'. I think tag clouds would be useful for more competitive jobs that has a huge job description and also to help us decide if we are fit for the job. It can also help us tailor our CV to our advantages because we can include words that came up in the tag cloud to make it look like we are the perfect candidate for the job.
I was searching a job for food service manager which involved basic knowledge about food commodities and general instinct about marketing strategies. The specific categories or skills that stood out in the cloud was capability of planning and strong organizational skills. Apart from being committed to the job the highlighted feature of the job posting involved networking with other firms to promote the product. in general this job would require patience, accordance, healthy alternatives for general public and responsibility to put forth the final and polished product.
I entered the job posting for my summer job, Regional Sales Summer Student with Bayer Crop Science. A lot of the words that were more prominent were exactly what attracted me to the job- personal skills, marketing, outgoing, hardworking. I can't wait to work in agriculture and combine my people skills with marketing and business ones.
I was surprised to see how much information is on delicious.com once I started poking around. At the beginning of the semester I had no idea what delicious.com was and I have to admit that I thought it had something to do with food. I didnt't find specific researchers by name but I did find the American Diabetes Association and The Nutrition Source - Harvard School of Public Health when I searched for nutrition research. Both these stacks represent the wealth of research that is being done in the nutrition world and its implications for disease prevention and treatment. Tags that were used for both stacks included: health, nutrition, research, food, diet, and recipe. The tags were clear and concise and the types of bookmarks used make it very clear what information is being group together. I love that the stacks and bookmarking tools on delicious.com group tons of relevant and related information together which makes it so much easier to narrow down a search to find specific information. I'll definitely use delicious.com next time I need to find information.
Until Wednesday's class I also didn't know what Delicious was! I also didn't know that tagging was something you could actively do, and use it a way to sort or search information. The whole concept of tagging is new to me. I found Delicious quite hard to navigate at first, but got a hang of it once I started searching around, and looking through the links by ALES204 also gave me a good start point. It kind of reminded me of stumbleupon since people have tagged websites from all over the net and some of the information is random, but I like that it has more organization and structure, and you pinpoint your search info. I've tagged a couple links that I thought were pertinent to the class, Here's the link to my page: http://delicious.com/aangellec
ALES204 is really connecting me with online academic tools. I had no idea there were so many useful sites to help us network with people in the same field of study and stay up to date on interesting research. Word clouds were something I had seen before but did not know what they were called. It is interesting to enter job postings for Dietitians and see the common trends in words. A common theme in the word cloud is "leadership", where words like care, community, educate, and mentor seem to reoccur. Wordle really helped me clarify that most Dietitian postings would be clinical settings with a big involvement in caring for the community. The world cloud is just a neat way of displaying the important details. Delicious is confusing at first, but I managed to tag a few links of interest http://delicious.com/ehrycan/
Delicious was kind of confusing but once you browsed around on it, it's quite interesting to see all the relevant information you can find and the interesting link they have. Until this class I never realized how information you can get relevent to your field of interest; or how often companies use forms of social media to communicate with their current and future employees, as well as the general public. For example I just got a new job and we have our own facebook and twitter account to let people know if were hiring, different events that are coming up and new merchandise and menus we'll be introducing. Also until this week, I didn't even know CV's existed and now I have the knowledge and tools to write a very professional chrono CV. This is a good class to help improve my chances of finding and obtaining the career I've always wished to do.
I entered in a job description for a pediatric Dietitian position in Calgary. The key tags included "management", "skills", "knowledge", and "nutrition". Although it did emphasize these important elements of the job, there were other just as important elements that were not emphasized, like "education", "communication", and "accredited". I think Wordle is a good tool for summarizing long job descriptions, but shouldn't be relied on as emphasizing the most important aspects of a job.
Wordle is a very interesting tool, but I found a lot of the words to be very redundant. Rather than being standout unique words on their own, most tags were presented in different tenses or variations of a common word or idea. I took an ad for a dietician position in a local Edmonton clinic, and I can understand why little variety of key words are present using Wordle, as the website only takes up the summary of the job rather than an in-depth description. However, this is useful in showing what kinds of traits or skills are most valued for a particular job, which, in turn, should be used to an individual's advantage when applying for jobs and organizing their CVs.
Yes I did thought that creating a word cloud in Wordle made it clearer what the position was. There were things that I had missed in reading the ad that I was able to pickup on once I saw them in a word cloud.
ReplyDeleteThe key tags that appear are education ,work, nutrition and English.The tag has emphasized that education is very valuable and needs to be addressed.It is also very important to be able to communicate in English.The tag has made it clear that the position is for a Dietician or nutrition consultant job tag that has graduated from University with a degree.This would make us aware that we have to insert such keywords in our resume.
ReplyDeleteHash-tagging a job ad for a registered dietitian did seem to highlight the important elements of the job. At first glance I was able to get a general idea of what the job was. Key words such as 'dietitian', 'nutrition', 'families' and 'counselling' really stood out. Just from these four words you can get a picture that the position is for a dietitian position in the area of counselling patients and families about good nutrition. Putting a job ad into wordle is a good way to quickly see the key elements and words in the job that you might want to include in your resume when applying for the job. I have never hash-tagged before but it is a fun and interesting way to share information and highlight important information.
ReplyDeleteSome of the key tags were: fashion, market, sketches, and samples. The tag cloud definitely highlighted some of the elements of the job and skills I should have instantly noticeable. It gave me a lot of information in less time than it would have taken me to read the job advertisement itself.
ReplyDeleteThe keywords highlighted would help me fix my CV or resume, as well as what kinds of things to note during an interview.
I pasted a job ad for a position at Starbucks into the Wordle. The words I was most aware of were "starbucks", "job" and "employment". I was less aware of but surprised to see words like "corporate", "internships" and "benefits". The position is more clear as a whole and what an employee can expect to get out of a job at Starbucks but the word "coffee" appears nowhere so the tasks and details of the job are excluded. I think this particular Wordle is misleading.
ReplyDeleteUsing Wordle to create a tag cloud for job positions is a great idea. I can find out the key words the employer is looking for in a CV and it can give me an edge against my competition. I used a job posting for a community nutritionist position and the main tags that appeared were ability, knowledge and experience. I would definitely use these words throughout my CV to show that I understand the job description and that I would be a perfect match.
ReplyDeleteI searched for a Cargill job in marketing as that is where I am working this summer. After posting the job description in wordle, the main tags I got back were: Cargill, business, grain, customers, sales, crop and consulting. This helped to make the position more clear to me because of words like customers and consulting. Because of this, I knew that this would be an interactive job with Cargill's customers. That's exactly what I want in a job! This would be useful for a cover letter over my resume, or to keep in mind when creating a resume for this specific job. Cool!
ReplyDeleteThe tag cloud on wordle.net made the job position for an interior designer very clear. Words that stood out are: sales, customers, fixtures, leader, and challenge. This is a great idea for getting a good sense of what is expected of a job applicant and I'm going to use this website in the future!
ReplyDeleteFor this job http://jobkin.com/search.htm?moreinfo=2131 as a youth leader, the main key tags are leadership, program and youth. I thought that the tags are pretty good representation of the job, but I also find that education is a huge part of it. But just because the job description does not include the specific word "education", it does not show up as a tag. Nonetheless, this is a good preliminary way to pick out key points of a job, or any page at all.
ReplyDeleteWordle did a really good job highlighting the important and key words that are associated with the job. Having words bigger than others shows and emphasizes how important they are. For example, the job ad for a social worker had the word "persons", "needs" and "services" stand out; all of these are important concepts specific to the job. I think this is a really unique and eye catching way to advertise something.
ReplyDeleteWordle.net is a really interesting tool to use. I liked that in a really simple and easy-to-use way, it helped me see what was stressed the most in the job posting. I also like that you can limit the number of words used in the 'tag cloud' to however many you want, easily filtering out what is most important. Plus, being able to change the orientation and colour makes it kind of fun.
ReplyDeleteThe wordle tag cloud definitely made words stand out in the add that I may not have picked up by just reading it through.
ReplyDeleteHere is the url for my tag cloud http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854852/Vet_job_tag_cloud
Some key words were Benefits, Conduct, English, French, Prepare, Education, Skills, Speak, Read and Write. This job is a teaching position at a bilingual veterinary school, so the tag cloud makes that quite clear. It emphasizes some key skills needed and aspects of the job. The facts that benefits are available and bilingualism is essential are obvious even with a quick glance.
Wordle seems to be very useful in seeing generally what a job will entail in simple and easy to read terms. I believe that it is a good representation of information and I will be using it in my further endeavors to look into the most important points in an article or advertisement because it is so easy to understand. Although, sometimes very important parts of a job advertisement may only be noted once in the ad(it may be a negative aspect of the job) and that would not be evident to you if you were to look at the tag cloud.
ReplyDeleteUsing Wordle to create a tag cloud for a job posting for a Full Time Veterinarian gave me the key words of "Deer","surgery", "x-ray and laser". This is obviously a practice that requires the applicant to be familiar with this technology and would be a nice heads-up when applying for the position. I found this to be a useful tool to "pepper" my application with key words that the employer is looking for.
ReplyDeleteI'm a visual learner, and wordle was definitely a better way to get the key points of the job description through to me. It highlighted words like Community, Home, Nutritional, Care, Needs, Resource, and Team. I can see how this could be a great tool to have on your blog so that first time visitors have a clear idea of what your major topics are. One of the blogs that I follow, FoodPolitics.com, uses an alphabetized tag cloud which makes it easy to find articles on certain topics. This is good since there is a post every weekday, and it would be difficult to sift through all of those posts to find the ones relevant to a certain topic.
ReplyDeleteHere is the link to my Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854873/Wildfire_Dispatcher_with_SRD_employment
ReplyDeleteThe position I currently have is Wildfire Dispatcher with SRD (Gov of Alberta).
Key tags: Aircraft, monitor, operation, daily, fire, activities, radio, flight, maintain, wildfire, communication.
These tags are the critical duties tied onto this job, it was neat to see how it picked out the most important words. There are a lot of big words from the job description. The description was quite lengthy so it was a quick way to look up the key words associated with the job.
For fun I did a tweet cloud on my twitter feed which brought up the two key words love and thanks the most.
By creating a word cloud I am able to see which words appear most in a job ad. Words such as organized, manage, and finance appeared most frequently in the ad that I ran through Wordle.net. By knowing this information I will now be able to adjust my resume and cover letter to include these words, and inform the employer that I am qualified and should be considered for the position. The tag cloud doesn't necessarily make certain elements of the position more clear, but helps show what attributes and qualifications the employer are looking for.
ReplyDeleteThe tag cloud has made certain elements of the position more clear for sure, such as education, position and degree, however I do not agree with one that is "completion". I think that "completion" should be smaller in the tag cloud and something such as dietitian should appear greater than it is, since that is the job title and the completion of education, degree... etc. should be implied since having a degree is already specified. This program is definitely very useful for making tag clouds as you do not need to specify what to make big or small, it does the work for you.
ReplyDeleteI found an ad for a marine life animal care attendant. It was super helpful to make the wordle because it highlighted the most important parts of the job. It also highlighted some of the characteristics a person would need to do well at the job. I really like the idea of tag clouds now that i've learned how to use them!
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to the wordle ad
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854967/Marine_Job_Position
I searched for an equine related job and found a posting for a ranch hand/trainer. The wordle layout made what the requirements of the job were and what the job entails. The main tags which were present after creating the cloud were: breeding, supervise, farm, programs, operations, train and horses. I like how this type of a search organized the ad into the important components and it is something I will be using in the future!
ReplyDeleteI searched for a job as a clinical dietician. The key words that came up were: experience, work, nutrition, clinical, develop, and service. This can be a good way to find the topics an ideas that the employer may want you to focus on. Including these key words in your cover letter, or resume can help make you stand out. Also, this can be an affective way to see the main duties or activities you will be doing as a part of this job. Cool website, and neat way to organize information!
ReplyDeleteBy creating a tag cloud in Wordle, it was easy to see the main points in the job description. Some words that were highlighted were communication, assit, horses and farm. The tag cloud will help me to know what to emphasise in my cover letter when applying for the job. This is a great tool and also a really fun site!
ReplyDeleteI thought Worldle did a great job at emphasizing the main points from such a large scope of information. I did not know how useful tags could be and features like tag clouds. It focuses on the main ideas so you can get a good understanding of the main features of the bigger picture. It could be a huge time saver if you need to read something and understand the main points in a rush.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854909/Social_Work
ReplyDeleteI searched for a social work job add, copied the job description and there you have it. It is very interesting to see what the employers value allowing you to tailor your CV to what the desire. Words like "Family", "Multi-disciplinary", "responsible" and "development" all stood out. These words fall right into the description of my Human Ecology degree majoring in family studies, very interesting.
Wordle is an interest technique to use to find the important words from the job ad. This would be helpful to catch the peoples attention and help stand out by using the key words that they are looking for.
ReplyDelete"Wordle" is such a interesting and useful website. I created with "Beer", and it comes with "Bud light", "Platinum" and a lot of other important information related to this job. From these words, we can clearly see the insight of the job, like what the job is about and how the job could be done well. All these information helps when we facing situations that asking us to choose from jobs. I think "Wordle" would be a very good reference for career selecting.
ReplyDeleteUsing wordle to make certain aspects of a job stand out if a great idea! The job i chose to look up was a community nutritionist job with an importance in knowledge, experience and ability as these world were the ones that stood out the most. Using tags for job postings is a great idea to help gain an understanding of the important points of that job. Great idea that i will use in the future!
ReplyDeleteThe job post I found was for a special needs teacher in Calgary. Some of the key words that stood out in the word cloud were 'training', 'variety', 'needs', 'students', and 'learners'. Word clouds seem to condense information given and pick out key and repeated words which is helpful when creating a CV. By using word clouds for job descriptions specific language can be picked up that should be used when writing a CV specific to a particular position. The word cloud created can be found at http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4855002/Special_Education
ReplyDeleteThe key tag shows dietitian, health, hospitals, food. These tags show the working environment and the key element I should deal with. I think it is very important and useful for me when I apply jobs, because it can help me know the skills I should have and some basic information.
ReplyDeleteSome of the key tags that appear on wordle are: animals, shelter, management, disease, hours and protocols. I found that the key words definitely highlighted some of the elements of the position that many people might overlook when firstly being drawn to the job as well as emphasizing the obvious ideas. Things like hours and management emphasizes the commitment to the job a person would need to excel. I think that if I were to think about this position I would definitely include my flexibility and ability to manage my time, others effectively as well as my knowledge of animals and proper care.
ReplyDeleteAfter searching for a job on agcareers.com I found a certified seed production agronomist ad that was positioned out of the lethbridge area. I posted the position overview, the key responsibilities of the job and the job qualifications on the wordle website and created a tag cloud out of the ad. The key word that immediately caught my eye out of the tag cloud was production, which comes straight out of the job title. Other words that caught my attention in the tag cloud were: management, activities, ability, require, seed, and ability. If I were to just read the tag cloud I feel like I wouldn't quite understand what the job was about.
ReplyDeleteI thought Wordle did a good job in highlighting the major components of what the job requires, and separates the more important parts of the job description from the less important. Important words in my cloud were display, stylist, fashion, team, exciting, and full-time. Wordle helped me to summarize what the job description entails by highlighting the most commonly used words, which helped me gain a better understanding. It's a better format I think than just reading the job description in a flat, paragraph/block of text format because it is easier for me to look at or glance over.
ReplyDeleteI pasted a job add for an environmental consultant into Wordle. The tags that came out were: Sustainability, Change, Deloitte, Climate, Team, and Issues. Because the add was very straight forward I do not feel it has made parts more clear but it definitely has reinforced the ideas of what the job would include and what they are looking for in a candidate. Having never used or created a tag cloud before I think that they are a very interesting concept and could be useful in many different circumstances such as applying for a job, or following someones train of thought. I know I will certainly use them again! They're like making an visually appealing list with hierarchical value.
ReplyDeleteI took a job posting off a Canadian forestry job website and put it into wordle without reading the job description, to see if the cloud would make the job position clear. The cloud only highlighted obvious things, like "work" "experience" and "required". I would only be able to tell what the job was unless I read all of the small, compressed words. The only large word that stuck out to me was "Manitoba"- an actual important piece of information about the job. The conclusion I can draw from this is that since the average viewer only pays attention to the largest words in a tag cloud, and does not take time to read all the smaller words, clouds could be useful if you already have some background information on the topic but can't be relied on to enlighten the reader about all key elements.
ReplyDeleteBy pasting the job ad into Wordle, the key tags that were emphasized were coordinator, persons, leadership, programs and groups. I think the tag cloud really helps identify the key elements that one would need in applying for the job as well as making sure it's what you're looking for. Knowing what the employer is looking for can help when making a resume as well as in an interview.
ReplyDeleteI hash-tagged a position as a clinical dietitian and the key words in the tag cloud were 'providing', 'nutrition', 'staff', 'service' and 'food.' I think these are all pretty standard words for a clinical dietitian job specifically. You probably wouldn't see 'staff', for example, show up in an ad for a dietitian who has their own office and works independently. 'Staff' is definitely a major term for a clinical dietitian working in a hospital setting though because they are often working as a team with other care givers. So just from some of the key terms you can get an idea of what type of dietitian job, specifically, they are advertising for.
ReplyDeleteI made my tag cloud from a job ad for a dietitian: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854990/Dietitian_Job_Ad
ReplyDeleteSome keywords were: nutrition, dietitian, services, clinical, experiences and care.
I think these keywords sum up a dietitian's role pretty well, so tag clouds can be useful in identifying the main parts of a subject, such as a job. This can have useful applications in academic settings, like in reading scientific articles, lecture outlines, syllabi, review notes, etc - for things that we like to get the big picture of.
I pasted a Receptionist/Administrator Ad into the WORDLE. The result makes me so confused. The words I can be aware of were "Dandenong", "strong", "skills", "support" and "Receptionist/ Administrator". Every words was in different directions, and a big part of words are so small. The two biggest words are "skills" and "support", which made me confused about the key meaning was talking about support and skills, or a job ad.
ReplyDeleteI think "Receptionist/ Administrator" should be the biggest word, so that viewer will know what the job it is. And then, skills and support are very important, too, since these are basic requirements for this job.
The add I copied onto Wordle was for a laboratory position. The key tags were: laboratory, staining, projects, analysis, experimental, responsible, strengths, models. The key tag definately sum up the duties and potential qualifications of the job. I found wordle to be really useful and really cool as it very quickly pulls out the important words to pay extra attention to! The link to the wordle is: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854886/Laboratory_Position!
ReplyDeleteI think the use of Wordle is a very creative way to see the key points, and words used within a job position. For example, I took a job position offer for an Animal Health Technologists, and words such as "animals", "skills", "exposure", and "assisting" stood out (due to their font size) - which are generally important traits for this position. However, the size of the word (and therefore, the ability for a word to stick out) mainly relies on the number of times it has been used within the job description - and therefore, words which aren't as important may be highlighted. For example, an important quality such as being "energetic" was in the smallest font size, while the word "include" was much larger.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I think that making a tag cloud with Wordle it is a good start to looking at key elements of a job position.
I put an ad about a summer job for a post-secondary student at the wildlife rehabilitation centre in Edmonton. It pulled out as key wirds wildlife, rehabilitation, provide, care, skills, and post-secondary. I think wordle does a good job of finding the key elements of text. You could gain a basic understanding of the position requirements and job description from the tag cloud. It also shows what qualities are important to the employer. Provided and care were key words so obviously an essential part of the job is ensuring the animals are properly looked after. Here is the link to my tag cloud: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854960/Wildlife_Position
ReplyDeleteI was not aware that this site even existed so it was neat to discover this. I would've probably noted the key words if I read through the job add a few more times but Wordle put it into more obvious terms. Wordle highlighted more obviously the terms that are most important to the job ad I was reading and places more emphasis on the words I should be using within my resume. I would definitly consider using this site when writing my next resume or CV.
ReplyDeleteI found that the cloud was not very helpful in generating key words that gave me a better understanding the job ad. For example, i selected a forest measurments job in Manitoba, the word that came back the largest wad "work". This gave me zero indication of what the job itself would entail. So in my opinion, the cloud does not make the ad more clear. Your best bet is still to read the ad and come up with your own inturpretaion of what the ad is trying to convey.
ReplyDeleteThe cloud was essentially useless. I entered a job from a forestry website, and the words the cloud emphasized were all painfully obvious before I read anything. Words like "work" and "Manitoba" were very large, which I knew immediately when I was looking for a job (which implies work) and chose a posting from "Manitoba". The outline of the job was significantly clearer in the job posting itself, which would have taken very little time to read properly, rather than take time to make a cloud. I'm not sure why most professionals would use this with regards to jobs, as reading the original is superior to the "novelty" of using wordle. The important words that I want to see were understated in the cloud, as they didn't necessarily occur often in the posting. To reiterate, I like my odds understanding key elements better through normal reading rather than using a cloud. It did almost nothing to make anything clearer.
ReplyDeleteWordle is an interesting way to highlight key elements a position is looking for. For an AHT position, key words included 'laboratory tests', 'treatment', and 'education'. Knowing some of the important things they are looking for would allow be to tailor my CV accordingly. Wordle helped to bring attention to things that I hadn't really noticed before, which would be quite helpful if I were to do this when I am applying for a job one day.
ReplyDeleteI searched jobs ads for counsellor positions for my wordle.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4854976/Counselling_Job_Ad
Some of the key words that were on my tag cloud were: counselling, school, youth, and substance. This made some of the other aspects of the job a lot more evident. I think that using this can be beneficial because it emphasizes what is important for that position. I will definitely be using this in the future
"worldle" is really a good website for tag clouds. The idea is that if you want to search some thing, you can get the key points by using the the tag cloud. And its helps to save your time than just Google it. Tag cloud gives people a very directly visible feel. And i although this it is a good method for statistic propose.
ReplyDeleteI posted a job ad for an interior designers assistant into wordle.net The main words that caught my eye were "position", "interior", "designer", "design", "architectural" and "full time". It didn't exactly make things more clear as it is pretty expected that the words "interior" and "design" will be important in an interior designer assistant job. However, I then looked beyond the more attention grabbing words are more detailed ones describing skills and traits such as: rendering, shop, enthusiastic, energy and organized. I think this is helpful because a large job ad might be intimidating to read and apply for, but by picking out the key words, it can allow someone to focus on the most important aspects of the potential job and therefore have a better chance at impressing the employer. I didn't realize that a tag cloud could be so simple yet versatile, and even helpful in future job endeavors.
ReplyDeleteI used a zookeeper job description in Wordle. The position was for a Asian Mammal keeper. All the words wordle highlighted seemed to be of great importance for that field. A few of them were "experience", "Asian", "team", "mammal" and so on. I'll make sure to include words highlighted like that when applying for jobs in the near future. Wordle is very useful!
ReplyDeleteI searched for a job relevant to Food Science and copy/pasted one add into Wordle. The words that were highlighted "Analytical, Knowledge, Maxxam, Environment, Quality." Seems like a handy tool for finding out what an employer is looking for. In looking for a lab analyst, this company is putting heavy emphasis on the importance of one who knows how to do their job and do it well. Thanks to this tool, I know know what they want.
ReplyDeleteThe job posting I was looking at was for a Naturalist at a whale watching company. Some key words that appeared in my wordle were: environment, marine, knowledge, safety and passengers. I like how certain words are emphasized more than others because it tells me key aspects of the job. For example, the word passengers. If I was just looking to be a naturalist and did not want to deal with the public this would not be a very good job for me. I think that wordle is a great summary tool.
ReplyDeleteI posted the job position of Child and youth worker, some of the key words that stood out to me in the word cloud were skills, benefits, diploma, and word. These words were significantly lager and darker in colour, which is why I was drawn to them at first. When I looked more closely I noticed other words such as youth, children, activities, community location, which are more accurate tags of what the job would involve, and not what it would take to get the job. Word clouds can be useful, but sometimes with job descriptions they may be misleading at first glance.
ReplyDeleteI found searched for any ag job in the area on the Agcareers website and found on for a agricultural manager at TD. When I put the job description in wordle, the biggest words in the word cloud were TD, credit, managers, management and manager. Those were not very helpful in finding what was important for the job because it was the title of the job and the hiring company (already listed in bold on the top of the ad). I did find it neat to see that in the cloud wordle generated for my two blogposts, the word "Facebook" was largest by far. Wordle is a neat tool and fun to play around with, but I would not find it extremely useful for finding the requirements the jobs wants. I would rather read and get the information directly from the ad.
ReplyDeleteI already have a job lined up for this summer, but I looked into a job description from the ALES weekly news letter. There I found a posting for a Go Green Team Ambassador position. I have worked in similar backgrounds: greenroofs, education, travelling, etc. When I entered the words into Wordle the main words were EVENTS, RECYCLING, and TEAM. Word cloud is useful. A quick way to get the main points compared to the read-and-highlight method.
ReplyDeleteI think the Wordle is a quite good tool we when are looking for a job and the support skills that we should have. A lots of detailed information can be found in the website, and for sure it is useful now and even in the future. I tag the information about nutrition and find it quite convenient!
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ReplyDeleteI posted the job ad for dietitian and key tags that first drawn my attention are community, nutrition, diabetes, education, management, living. Some of them are the key emphasis of the job description but some of them are not. It is good to have some key tags so that people understand the rough idea about the context; however, never emphasize words that are not important or it would mislead the reader.
I actually found this Wordle activity very cool! I created a wordle out of a dietitian job ad and some of the biggest words to pop out were 'community', 'health', 'nutrition', 'professionals' and 'care'. In my opinion, this tag cloud has definitely highlighted some of the important aspects of the job posting. Wordle could really be useful when looking for some of those key words to plant in a CV that has been tailored for a specific position!
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ReplyDeleteI searched for a job position in the Nutrition field, specifically related to holistic nutrition. I found a job posting for the Director of Nutritional Services at an addictions treatment center in Pennsylvania. The largest tags apparent on my Wordle cloud were diets, therapeutic, food, patients, services, and Livengrin (which was the name of the treatment center). Some of the medium-sized tags which caught my eye included counseling, experience, addiction, procedures, treatment, and recovery. These tags helped me to clarify that the job would be involving a lot of communication skills and patience, while working with individuals going through treatment for various addictions.
ReplyDeleteThrough the use of Wordle, one can easily point out what a job position entitles, as well as the skills necessary for successful task performance. This activity made me realize that most jobs within the nutrition field require one to be credited as a Registered Dietitan - a great wake-up call considering that it is so competitive to obtain a Dietetic Internship at the UofA. Study time!
Here is a link to my Wordle cloud:
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4855676/Nutrition_Job_Posting_2
I thought using wordle was so cool! It was super easy to use and was an easy way to clarify what the job position consisted of. The job I chose was an operational planner at TimberNorth Consulting. That is a pretty broad job title, so by using wordle it condensed the information into single words that I could easily look at. The words that come up were Athabasca (the location of the job), forestry, natural, resources, and team. Just from looking at those 5 words you can already get a better feel of what the job will entail, where it is, and what field it is concerned with. Wordle is a great summary tool.
ReplyDeleteI was really impressed by wordle! Simply by copying and pasting a job posting, it highlights the key words in the ad. When you are able to so clearly see which words have particular meaning to the employer, you are able to pinpoint which personal qualities you can use to your advantage in the job interview. I am currently looking for summer jobs, and I truly believe this will help me put my best foot forward.
ReplyDeleteI searched the definition of vet professional and I made two words to compare the definition. One wordle is from WCVM (Saskatchewan Vet College) http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4856062/WCVM-_definition_of_proefssional and the other is from UCVM (Calgary Vet College) http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4856079/UCVM-definition_of_professional.I want to be a veterinarian, so I want to know what it takes to be a professional in this field of work. These wordle clouds allows me to have focus works for my future CV, so that is helpful.
ReplyDeleteThey both define being a professional in different ways UCVM according to the wordle focuses on being a learner and defining a professional person. On the other hand, WCVM defines a professional based on their roles and duties in the profession. WCVM’s main words were animal and health. It can be seen that the definitions have different focused based on the key words each definer used.
first of all, Wordle is quite pretty. I copied, and pasted a job posting for a small-animal vet position. I was greeted by a Wordle that basically outlined the job requirements, and areas that a small-animal vet would address. Overall, I found this Wordle to be helpful in understanding a job posting.
ReplyDeleteKey words were Animals, Diseases, Breeding-Advice, Treatment, Diagnose.
DeleteI thought wordle was pretty great in finding the key words in a paragraph of words. It highlighted the key words, and left out all the unnecessary words. Some key words that I found in my copied and pasted job posting was wildlife, internship, work, applicants, and provided. There was a lot more other words. It definitely helped with understanding the job post and showing the key words. I believe it would help with creating a resume for targeting the job.
DeleteThis is a cool app! I pasted a Speech-Language Pathologist job ad and some of the key tags that appeared were: Edmonton, Completion, disorders, English, speak, check, school, etc. The tag clouds highlight many of the important terms that describe the position and the requirements for the position.
ReplyDeleteFor someone that wants to know more about the organization that they're applying to, or someone that's unsure of whether they have the skill requirements met for the position, Wordle is a useful tool that will highlight many of the important key words that describe the position needed.
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4856350/traveller
ReplyDeleteThis is the word cloud of TRAVELLER. The biggest key word is TRAVEL and CARCELONA. The word CARCELONA surprises me. I don's even think of this country. I think this country is very good for travelling, and many people go there. WORLD is also key word. It is the word which I expect. As a traveller, I would travel all over the world to know the culture, food, habit, house in every country.
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- http://nubry.com/2011/09/burberrys-tweetwalk-takes-twitter-by-storm/
- http://www.flickr.com/
The ad I found is for a teaching position in a day care centre. The most emphasized word is "experience". Some of the smaller but obvious ones are "day", "care", "level", "parents", etc.
ReplyDeleteThis application is useful in a way that it provides us a visual and creative way to look some of the essential elements required in the job we are applying for. From this application, I can figure out right away that the employer is looking for someone who has experiences on related works. And I agree with it. Pre-school education is the first opportunity for children to get out from home and to learn about the society and how to get along with others. Teacher's role is really important and employer would want experienced teachers.
However, not all the bolded keywords make sense to me. For example, "may" is one of the big words that showed up and it does not seem to have a special meaning to it. And since most of the bigger words are shown vertically rather horizontally, it makes them harder to read. Beside those, this application is quite useful and I enjoy reading all the colourful words!
Here are the links that I bookmarked in my Delicious account (in case they did not get sent to you):
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21441100
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It took a while for my wordle to actually create, many internet connection issues, but once getting it all sorted out it ended up being pretty cool. I posted an education job ad in there and received words like teacher, development, stability and long term. They all ended up being really accurate and putting all the basics out there.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like it could be used in many different ways, so I will definitely remember to use it when I can.
I copied in a general fashion job posting and the biggest word was obviously "fashion". It also accentuates the words "creative" and "one." I think these words are fitting to any position in the fashion industry because you have to be creative and be able to think on the spot and the word “one” I consider means that you need to be individualistic and an independent worker. Another word that stands out to me is “competitive” and of course in any field there is competition but it is always heighten in industries where people are looking for unique and new ideas all the time.
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ReplyDeleteI entered an ad for a opening for a clinical dietitian in Golden BC. The wordle focused on many elements such as: "professional" "leader" "nutrition" "care" "development" "community" and "friendly". This tag cloud has helped me look at the position as more than just starting a career but becoming part of a community. It has highlighted that more than just scientific knowledge, compassion will be necessary for the career path I have chosen.
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The job I selected was quality control manager for a food and beverage manufacturer. The words that stood out were "product" "control" "manager" "quality" "testing" "resolve" and "issues". The wordle basically gave me a very brief glimpse of what the job is about and what it entails. Without looking at the actual description I can see that this job requires resolving issues for example in addition to the usual words I expected such as "quality and "control".
ReplyDeleteI liked how wordle basically creates a concise report of key words. This is helpful when screening and selecting jobs as it gives me the 'big picture' of what the main duties and requirements associated with that job are and even helps me remember it in a visual way when comparing more than one position.
I searched jobs for community nutrition and one that I came across was "Dietitian and Diabetic Educator." I love to educate and do trainings, etc so this was of interest to me. Some of the key words that showed up in my tag cloud were "Diabetic", "educator", "dietitian", "health", "outreach", and "responsible." I think using sites like Wordle are useful and have their benefits, especially in pointing out key words and summarizing a job description. I found the tag cloud to be relevant and highlight important words. The tag cloud allows me to gain information about the job quickly and gain a general understanding.
ReplyDeleteI must say, the cloud is visually appealing. For anyone wanting to gain the audience's attention, I think this is an amazing tool to utilize! Just like how pecha kucha is all about images with supporting commentary, I think using a tag cloud in a ppt presentation is a good opening/closing slide to summarize important points/findings. Not many people want to read through pages of words or have the ability to be very attentive, and that is when Wordle becomes useful!
I also forgot to mention that although many of the tags were obvious to me, one I did not expect was responsible. In any job where it is pertinent to be professional and respectful, responsibility obviously follows. I thought it was a good word to highlight, since when you're out in the field educating people on the causes and effects of diabetes, you are in an influential position and it is essential to be RESPONSIBLE with your words and actions.
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ReplyDeleteI used Wordle to create a tag cloud from a museum tour guide job post. The biggest word appeared was “maintenance”, which reflected that the main responsibility of the job was to maintain the facilities. Other big words were “display”, “facility”, “care”, which seemed reasonable as they were also related to the museum work. I also noticed that the word “information” and “visitors” appeared a couple of times, but they were only in small size. As “visitors” and “information” are also important part of the job, I think it will be easier to see them if those words become bigger rather than appearing several times.
ReplyDeleteThe word I found confusing was “skills”. It was very big and in the centre. Though “skills” is also important, it is not directly related to this specific job, because every job requires certain skills. I guess this tag “skills” can only show that the original text is related to job. Overall, I think this tag cloud was not necessarily clearer than the original job post, and the reason probably was that the original job post itself was not very long, and was in point form. I think tag cloud would be more useful when processing longer text.
The key words are "website", "communication" and "marketing". I think the tags make the main responsibilities of the position more clear.I think it's very convenient to use the tag cloud to get the main point of a resume or a job ads. However, I don't recommend people rely too much on computer.Since it doesn't guarantee to include every useful/important information in the job ads, I think it is better to quick read the ads. On the other hand, I don't think it is good to use computer to restrict the way to express ideas in languages (when referring to key words things).
ReplyDeleteSubmitted into Wordle an add for a job I would like to attain in the future..."community", "therapist", "practice", "health", "friend", "independent", "development". All of it is quite enlightening. However I've used Wordle in the past and used it either for one of two things: A) I'm just wanting to do something creative and neat (tag clouds are quite pretty) with a friend, or B) I'm trying to do a quick overview of papers or articles I need for homework, and by running it through a cloud, I can find out whether an article should or should not be used even faster and easier than if I just tried to skim the article or read the abstract. For example, any tags that lie outside the content description or talk about the source's esteem more than the content can give me red flags on whether or not a reference will contain bias or not, or is scholarly or not.
ReplyDeleteI used Wordle on a job posting for a Groom/Stable Hand at Spruce Meadows in Calgary and these words were highlighted: "includes", "must", "Spruce", "work", "applicants", "meadows", "required", "horses". Overall I found that these words were not very useful for determining the what the job actually requires, but if you look at the slightly smaller tags you could determine more detailed information. A job posting with a lot of repeated words such as the ones seen above, may make it seem like those words are extremely important when actually on their own they are not descriptive at all and have to clear direction.
ReplyDeleteI put a job description for a dietitian. This description included the location oregon, full time, long term and in a state of the art facility. Wordle basically gave these exact words back highlighted. I feel it didn't give a sense of what the job description was trying to convey. The main words that were highlighted were dietitian and state. Which didn't capture what it should have
ReplyDeleteWordle would not work for me last night!
ReplyDeleteThis morning I posted in an internship position with the Alberta Emerald Foundation.
The biggest word was "Emerald" followed by "intern", but this is simply because it is in the job title "Emerald Intern". The words that stick out to me next were, "maintain", "excellent", and "event". These words do define a decent idea of the job, but you have to see the entirety of the cloud to understand other things that are very important to the job description. This job is about communication through social media, webpages and events. So I feel like this cloud does not do the posting justice.
I put a career as a Nutritionist into Wordle and the biggest words that appeared where "Knowledge", "Ability", "Experience", and "Nutrition". These words don't let me know much about the actual posistion and what it entails, however it does let me know its a job related to nutrition, and experience and ability are very important to the posistion. This is clearly stated in the advertisement. Using wordle as a tool to advertise a job posisiton would not be very helpful or clear in the expectations of the potential employee or the employer.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate this interesting website wordle.net. It can synthesize different type tags so that we can find out the key words. The picture is not only useful but also interesting. I put hotel management ad which the personality result suggests I should take into the box and the website quickly synthesize the tags pictures for me.
ReplyDeleteI share the website with my friends, and I hope they can make full use of it.
I pasted a job description for a summer job that I'm planning on applying for in a couple days. The more prominent words that came up were "communication", "transmissions", and "Microsoft." The wordle didn't actually help me out that much because the posted job description itself was already quite short so none of the words really had any more emphasis than others and I deduced the job in a nutshell on my own. I can definitely see how this would be more useful for a job/career that has a much longer description; you could very easily see the main point of a career that has a description which is pages long without spending 10 or more minutes reading it through.
ReplyDeleteBy creating a Wordle cloud, I was able to see important qualifications in being a nutritionist. Words that popped out were therapeutic, food, dietician, health, management, service and community. This helped me out in showing that customer service and strong leadership are vital in this career field. The description on the nutritionist job was quite long, so this highlighted the main ideas. Check out my Wordle cloud at: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4863441/nutrition
ReplyDeleteWhen I pasted in a job posting for a veterinarian, wordle did a pretty good job of picking out key words. The largest word was "animal", but other important words were "benefits", "beef","practice", and "Edmonton". I think this website is pretty cool, and I will definitely use it in the future. However, I don't see myself using it to analyze a bunch of text, or to better understand a job posting. While I think it is visually appealing, I don't find it overly useful.
ReplyDeletewhen I pasted a nutritionist job post in wordle it highlighted words such as educator, community, help, care. this tool was very useful because it highlights words I might have read the post quickly and missed key words
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My Wordle cloud was based on a veterinarian job. While I thought that some of the bigger words were helpful in determining the key points, I felt that the huge amount of smaller words just created a messy look. I think some of them should have been left out to create a neater looking tag cloud.
ReplyDeleteI post a food marketing job on the Worldle. The result is that the biggest word is the name of that company and the bigger ones are 'marketing', 'management', 'nutrition' and 'ability'.According to this, I find very useful information about this job and these key words are deeply related to food marketing job.
ReplyDeleteI think Wordle is a helpful tool to select jobs that are more related to my preference but not a tool to determine which job I should choose.
I pasted a nutrition job into Wordle. The highlighted words that resulted were 'management', 'responsibilites', 'quality', 'nutrition' and 'food'. I've never heard of Wordle until this class, however I do not think that it is a site that is very useful for job searchers. But it was interesting to see which key words pertain to a potential career.
ReplyDeleteI was looking for a job in the nutritional field. I have never heard of Wordle until this presentation and it took quite a few different attempts before it actually produced a cloud for me. The words that appeared were not words that surprised me; things like "food", "science", "organization", "professionalism", "experience". These words could describe any type of job in the food industry and I did not find it helpful in terms of easing the job search for the future.
ReplyDeleteI searched for a job position in the Family Studies field and found numerous posting in Canada These tags helped me to clarify that the job would be involving a lot of communication skills and patience, while working with at risk families from diverse settings
ReplyDeleteThrough the use of Wordle, one can easily point out what a job position entitles, as well as the skills necessary for success
The job posting that I found was for a product coordinator at Lululemon. When I copied the ad into Wordle and generated a word cloud the key words that came up were: management, design, skills and product.Looking at this word cloud I didn't think it provided me with any extra information that I didn't already get from the original job posting. I think a word cloud could be very useful when used with job ads if the ad is lengthy in text and maybe a little unclear. For the ad that I found it was very concise and to the point and so I got what the job interview would be about right away. As well the words that the word cloud focused on seemed very broad and general, as well as very obvious just from reading the job title. I do think wordle is a useful resource when dealing with lengthy texts but in this instance I didn't find it to be extremely helpful.
ReplyDeleteI found an add for a nutritionist position. The position is actually in Miami, that could be very fun to work there! ;) The word with the biggest emphasis is "must". The other words are "job" and "able". I think the word able is appropriate, there are many qualities needed to work as an health professional and customer service. "registered" and "dietician" are the next most emphasized words which are pretty self explanatory since it is an add for an nutrition position. Other important words are "interpret", "critical" and "evaluate" which I believe are very important qualities for a nutrition professional. Overall it highlighted the most important words trough out the add, and the qualifications required for such a career. It was a bit helpful but it mostly highlighted obvious things.
ReplyDeleteI entered a job posting for a promotions and marketing team member (similar to what I currently have with Athletics at the U of A). It was interesting to see some of the words come up - outgoing, personable, experience, management, fun. I actually use some of those words in my resume already, so it was reassuring to see I was on the right track. Wordle is definitely a good resource to use when applying for jobs because it picks out the key points, as well as can help you save time by emphasis the qualifications and specifications of the job.
ReplyDeleteI found a job for a fashion designer in Montreal and most of the bigger words that came up were things I already expected to see such as 'women', 'design', and 'collection'. I think tag clouds would be useful for more competitive jobs that has a huge job description and also to help us decide if we are fit for the job. It can also help us tailor our CV to our advantages because we can include words that came up in the tag cloud to make it look like we are the perfect candidate for the job.
ReplyDeleteI was searching a job for food service manager which involved basic knowledge about food commodities and general instinct about marketing strategies. The specific categories or skills that stood out in the cloud was capability of planning and strong organizational skills. Apart from being committed to the job the highlighted feature of the job posting involved networking with other firms to promote the product. in general this job would require patience, accordance, healthy alternatives for general public and responsibility to put forth the final and polished product.
ReplyDeleteI entered the job posting for my summer job, Regional Sales Summer Student with Bayer Crop Science. A lot of the words that were more prominent were exactly what attracted me to the job- personal skills, marketing, outgoing, hardworking. I can't wait to work in agriculture and combine my people skills with marketing and business ones.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see how much information is on delicious.com once I started poking around. At the beginning of the semester I had no idea what delicious.com was and I have to admit that I thought it had something to do with food. I didnt't find specific researchers by name but I did find the American Diabetes Association and The Nutrition Source - Harvard School of Public Health when I searched for nutrition research. Both these stacks represent the wealth of research that is being done in the nutrition world and its implications for disease prevention and treatment. Tags that were used for both stacks included: health, nutrition, research, food, diet, and recipe. The tags were clear and concise and the types of bookmarks used make it very clear what information is being group together. I love that the stacks and bookmarking tools on delicious.com group tons of relevant and related information together which makes it so much easier to narrow down a search to find specific information. I'll definitely use delicious.com next time I need to find information.
ReplyDeleteUntil Wednesday's class I also didn't know what Delicious was! I also didn't know that tagging was something you could actively do, and use it a way to sort or search information. The whole concept of tagging is new to me. I found Delicious quite hard to navigate at first, but got a hang of it once I started searching around, and looking through the links by ALES204 also gave me a good start point. It kind of reminded me of stumbleupon since people have tagged websites from all over the net and some of the information is random, but I like that it has more organization and structure, and you pinpoint your search info.
ReplyDeleteI've tagged a couple links that I thought were pertinent to the class,
Here's the link to my page: http://delicious.com/aangellec
ALES204 is really connecting me with online academic tools. I had no idea there were so many useful sites to help us network with people in the same field of study and stay up to date on interesting research. Word clouds were something I had seen before but did not know what they were called. It is interesting to enter job postings for Dietitians and see the common trends in words. A common theme in the word cloud is "leadership", where words like care, community, educate, and mentor seem to reoccur. Wordle really helped me clarify that most Dietitian postings would be clinical settings with a big involvement in caring for the community. The world cloud is just a neat way of displaying the important details. Delicious is confusing at first, but I managed to tag a few links of interest
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Delicious was kind of confusing but once you browsed around on it, it's quite interesting to see all the relevant information you can find and the interesting link they have. Until this class I never realized how information you can get relevent to your field of interest; or how often companies use forms of social media to communicate with their current and future employees, as well as the general public. For example I just got a new job and we have our own facebook and twitter account to let people know if were hiring, different events that are coming up and new merchandise and menus we'll be introducing.
ReplyDeleteAlso until this week, I didn't even know CV's existed and now I have the knowledge and tools to write a very professional chrono CV. This is a good class to help improve my chances of finding and obtaining the career I've always wished to do.
I entered in a job description for a pediatric Dietitian position in Calgary. The key tags included "management", "skills", "knowledge", and "nutrition". Although it did emphasize these important elements of the job, there were other just as important elements that were not emphasized, like "education", "communication", and "accredited". I think Wordle is a good tool for summarizing long job descriptions, but shouldn't be relied on as emphasizing the most important aspects of a job.
ReplyDeleteWordle is a very interesting tool, but I found a lot of the words to be very redundant. Rather than being standout unique words on their own, most tags were presented in different tenses or variations of a common word or idea. I took an ad for a dietician position in a local Edmonton clinic, and I can understand why little variety of key words are present using Wordle, as the website only takes up the summary of the job rather than an in-depth description. However, this is useful in showing what kinds of traits or skills are most valued for a particular job, which, in turn, should be used to an individual's advantage when applying for jobs and organizing their CVs.
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