BALT 3318 Infographics for Business Blog

When it comes to the use of infographics, there are a handful of important aspects to understand. According to Wes Holing of Techsoup, the use of colored visuals increasees peoples willingness to read content by about 80% and increaseses knowledge and image retention by more than 50%. Additionally, content with images have about 94% more views than those without (Holing, 2017). Infographics themselves are made up of two main categories which consist of data and graphics, along with headers and the body copy. The data and graphics section refers to the use of charts, graphs, and other data visuals like pictures and illustrations. In the headers and body copy section, this will include the title, sub-headers, as well as text that can put the graphics better into context. In the picture depicted below, the infographic includes both the display of data visuals by having gifts in the form of bar graphs, along with text and titles to help viewers understand the context behind the graphics....

                          2020 has been a year of firsts for many of us including those now referred to as "essential workers". In the midst of a global pandemic, racial injustice movement, and a change in political leaders among other things, job placement has been all over the board. People that worked in what most of us thought would be a "necessary" job such as sitting in an office cubicle, are now either being laid off or forced to work at home. Those working in aviation, travel and hospitality services, food services, and even retail services are been hit harder than ever and are being forced to make uneasy cutbacks and layoffs. In this article, author Andrew Seaman identifies what have been the top 15 opportunities that are in demand and even hiring during these time. Throughout his article he includes information such as availably of jobs, wages, remote availability and much more. What Seaman is doing here is not o...