social media and job search

Social Media and Job Search

The Five R’s

Agenda…..sort of The five R's of social job search Resume Research Regions Relationships Resources couple of cool short videos high level overview of tools and a look at how HR people read a resume in 10 seconds or less

Regions

Hiring trends for new college grads

Source: Michigan State University

Regions Where you work is a huge life decision

Spend more time at work than anywhere else Quality of life Co-workers Location, location, location

Understand the best locations for your career Understand the best locations for your life Social media offers great opportunity for

insights

Resume First impression to the organization Crisp, clear, concise, uncluttered format Should be consistent with your on-line information Should be consistent with your personal branding Applicant tracking systems change the game

Think “search” Keywords matter Refer to ad/job description for cues Worth the money to get a professional to help you

($500) Need to look like you are worth finding Need to be positioned to be found – boolean, etc.

Research Research to prepare for your job search

List of targeted companies List of potential locations List of potential industry

Research any company who interviews you Research any company that makes you offer Tools

Jigsaw D&B Zoominfo Glassdoor

Relationships Networking Game is changed with social

Personal network On-line network “Found” information

Find recruiters Get past the HR department?

It depends Find the relationships that can help you find

the job you want now and tomorrow

Resources Too many resources to cover Big job boards – Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice Job aggregators – Indeed, SimplyHired Niche job boards - Beyond Hyperlocal job boards – OrlandoJobs,

InsuranceJobs Company job boards Twitter – Jobshouts, Tweetmyjobs, # chats LinkUp, Doostang, Koda.us LinkedIn, Facebook, and others like Gist,

Branchout Blogs like Careerealism, RecruitingBlogs, etc

Indeed.com

SimplyHired.com

Beyond.com

Twitter

Twitter

Linkup.com

Linkup

Doostang.com

Doostang.com

Koda.us

Koda search

LinkedIn Job Search

LinkedIn Groups - Jobs

LinkedIn HR group - jobs

Resources

Branchout

Branchout

VisualCV

Blogs and other sites

Virtual Stuff – TheCareerSummit.com

Innovative job search

Innovative job search

Contact me Michael VanDervort Michael.vandervort@gmail.com Twitter: @MikeVanDervort Phone: +1 813 417 8781