Put yourself in this scenario:
You have some great skills and unfortunately just got laid off, so you need to find a new job as soon as possible.
What do you do?
In 2013, a resume is no enough and social media needs to be at the forefront of your online activities as you engage with businesses and look at potential job offers. The question is, are you as a job seeker doing everything you can to find that right job via social media and are you doing it effectively? We want to help you figure that out.
Want three tips for using social media for your job searches?
Here you go:
- The most popular social network for recruiters is LinkedIn (93%), yet the most popular network for job seekers is Facebook (52%)
- What do recruiters look at when on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook? Professionalism, personality, range of interests, qualifications, creativity, and communication skills.
- Unfortunatley, social media is a big reason people do not get jobs, including issues of inappropriate photos or information, badmouthing previous employer, and lying about qualifications.
Beyond LinkedIn, how do you use or recommend others use social media for your job search?
[via GumTree.com]
Joanna says
Another thing I’ve found Social Media (particularly Twitter) useful for when job hunting is finding out about networking sessions and other events related to the fields I’m interested in that might be a good place to meet people. If The Fetch (http://thefetch.com/) has a newsletter and twitter account for your city that’s a really good place to start
Jeremy Smith says
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll have to check it out. Do you have personal experience with it?