Facebook, Google, Indeed,

Twitter and your job search

Dan Ryan

November 29, 2010

So, how

is it

going?

What is working well for you?

Absolutes

• Have a plan

• Targeted firms

• Network-Network-Network

Success with Social Networks

Social Network “choices”

• Best overall business social network

• 85 million+ participants

• More than 500 million active users

• 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day

• There are more than 200 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices.

• 175 million registered users.

• 95M tweets are written per day.

• The Nielsen Company reported their findings for April 2010. Here are their top results.

• Search Engine Percentages

▫ Google 65.1%

▫ Yahoo 13.5%

▫ Bing 12.9%

▫ AOL 2.5%

Since 2004, Indeed has given job seekers free access - instantly, in a single search - to millions of jobs from thousands of company websites and

job boards.

In Sept. 2008, Samepoint rolled out one of the first social media search and analytics platforms to help brands monitor and measure consumer

feedback

Simply Hired is a vertical search engine company based in Silicon Valley, and

we're building the largest online database of jobs on the planet

So what?

• Alerts

• Search

Alerts

Search • Search strings can be very helpful

▫ You are looking for a project manager job in Nashville

• Project Manager in Nashville

• Similar to Indeed

• Integrated with Plaxo

You have many options

Do not forget the essentials

• Network

• Make personal contact

• Keep in touch

• Use all of your tools

Have a great Christmas Season!

Dan Ryan Principal

615 656 3535 Office 615 202 0883 Cell Dan@Ryansc.net http://Ryansc.net