Social Media Networking
Need to improve your job search results?
Social media provides a perfect job search opportunity!
Still using traditional routes - job banks, corporate websites, job adverts and job fairs?
Problem is, these channels are fast becoming a thing of the past.
Perhaps the time has come to add social media networking to your job search plan.
Online Social Networks are a popular means by which job searchers, recruiters and employers can reach out, communicate and search their target.
Establishing and developing relationships with others is an essential part of job-seeking. Your network of contacts can be the perfect way to gain access to the "hidden" job market - those jobs not yet advertised - and leads to a great new job.
Increasingly employers are using the top social networking - LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook - to search for, screen and select applicants.
- an ideal medium for job searchers to research, contact and apply for jobs
- with direct links to company websites, you can access information on job openings, company backgrounds, employees, market trends etc - and gain a sense of the company's culture, market performance and job vacancies
- enables you to view profiles of and email the people you know and trust in your market sector
- provides ways for you to expand your network and connect with people and companies your contacts know
- plus - LinkedIn invites employers to post jobs directly on site
- Hint: make sure your LinkedIn Profile is up-to-date and reflects your professionalism.
- connect to people you know or don't know who share your interets - instantly
- network on Twitter to access a broader range of job opportunities
- access companies and job boards with newly posted openings
- twitterjobsearch.com is the world's first job search engine to harness the power of Twitter by searching Twitter for jobs matching your keywords
- Hint: Your search engine results will improve if your Twitter name is your name
- with over 70 million active users - including some of the wealthiest business people - Facebook can be an effective job search / networking tool
- Facebook can help build your reputation and leverage your contacts
- Connect with old and new friends, work and study colleagues
- Enhance the value of your network by sharing your knowledge
- Hint: if you eference a friend on Facebook in one of your blog posts, tag them as this will alert their friends to the post and spread your message.
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