Amy Higgins

Hi my name is Amy Higgins and Welcome to my page!

I am a student of IADT Dun Laoghaire studying a BA (Hons) in Business Studies and Arts Management. I am also working as the Marketing Manager of The Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire.
This was originally my role as an intern for my third year of studies in college and was asked to continue my work there. It has definitely benefited me as a student and future employee in my field as I have developed certain skills that I would have otherwise not been able to further in my studies.

I have learnt a lot in my last three years of studies and last almost year of working in a professional company about the use of an online presence both for personal use for your profession or your stance as a company in the market. I have noticed something interesting between peoples openness to sharing their personal lives online through Social Media and how strict they can be on their professional lives. Most people segregate their professional and personal accounts as some personal profiles could be deemed unprofessional in a work environment.

Personally as I am a very open person, I do not mind sharing my personal life online as I have nothing to hide but others may see it as being not suitable for sharing with a potential employer. I feel in today’s world there is a huge pressure to have every and all social Media platforms to share your life on and those who don’t have those are social outcasts but again due to the ever developing technological world, if you don’t have a strong online presence for your profession it is frowned upon and you have to be constantly innovating and improving yourself in this way.