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What online resources do you use to help you do your job.

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Gilbert’s Answer

Other online resources that have not been mentioned yet are:
- TED talks - learn about trends, how leaders are thinking, how to address challenges
- Sign up for newsletters on topics that interest you - e.g., investing, technology; they summarize topics for easy consumption and you can click on links for more information
- Join industry or functional groups - they will provide information or sponsor events where you can learn and meet people to find useful resources or expand your network
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Lucie’s Answer

Online resources are critical no matter what job you have, but the ones to choose from are based upon what role you do have or seek, and your industry.

For example, for Product Management in the tech industry you can divide online resources per the different aspects of the role:
- Note taking: Quip (or any other note taking apps such as Evernote, Onenote, etc.)
- Organization: Kanban, todolist (Trello, Asana, etc.)
- Learning: LinkedIn Learning, YouTube, etc.
- Research & Knowledge enhancement: Podcasts (All in, The Cloud Cast, The product Podcast, etc.)
- News: WSJ, The New York Daily, etc.

Here is a link of more extensive options for Product Managers (including books and videos): https://medium.com/infinitypm/a-living-list-of-product-management-resources-youll-want-to-bookmark-c80b45aa1026

Hope this helps,
Cheers

Lucie recommends the following next steps:

Define the job you have or want
Define the industry the job is in
Research resources specific to the two steps above
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Islam’s Answer

There are a lot of tools and resources online today.
For tools you can use:
- Trello for task management
- Miro for Workshops and brainstorming
- OneNote or Evernote for note taking

For learning about the job there are endless resources. My preference goes to :
- TED and Youtube for videos
- LinkedIn and Medium for articles
- Coursera for courses

Based on the industry you can be a member of a relevant community of practice and join webcasts, seminars, training courses,.....
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Leo’s Answer

Another +1 for Stack Overflow and similar online communities. Especially when there's a specific piece of text or jargon that I can use (computer error messages, for example), it's a great way to learn from what others have figured out. And Quora for frequently asked questions if you don't know what an exact problem is.

Medium has become a great source for quick reads to learn about what's going on with specific industries.

And if you continue to be interested in tech, particularly computer science, XKCD is a great site daily comics that more often than not communicate a pretty salient point. One of my favorites: password strength: https://xkcd.com/936/
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Virginia’s Answer

Hi Kalon - great question (and you're already utilizing a great resource on CareerVillage!) Make sure to look for student discounts on resources if they aren't free.

Here is a list of online programs my colleagues use:
- LinkedIn Learning: courses and trainings related to specific skill sets or roles
- Stack Overflow: programming and development tool
- Box and Dropbox: cloud-based services
- Teams: Microsoft communications tool
- Google Suite
- Prezi, Padlet, and NearPod: online presenting tools
- Workbench and Trailblazer: Salesforce tools
- Canva: marketing and communications
- Grammarly - free browser widget for spell check and grammar help

Good luck!
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Christina’s Answer

I enjoy reading a lot of periodicals and papers.
Forbes and Harvard Business Review have a lot of thoughtful articles . You can usually read several articles for free.
I read articles specific to my industry.
I curate free articles in a summary from the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and other newspapers, which come to me in emails.

I also have been making use of free conferences -- Amazon had free technology conferences in several cities, pre-pandemic. I also use Meet-up groups to meet people with the same interests in my city.

Not all of these suggestions are virtual, but they were virtualized during the pandemic.
I also love Stack Overflow (see above).
Great question!
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Pantea’s Answer

Hi Kalon,

Great questions, I would say this really depends on the industry you are in but here are some of the tools I use everyday.
- Slack
- Linkedin
- SalesForce
- Google Suite (GDocs, Google Sheets)
- Excel
- Guru
-Highspot
- Zendesk
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