social media: an avenue in your job search
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Presentation given at the 9 May 09 CareerExpo, Stamford, CT. - Discover the hidden job market through social media. - Craft a job search campaign that exploits social media. - Manage your reputation in a hard-to-control virtual world.TRANSCRIPT
Social Media: An Avenue in
Your Job Search
Today’s Discussion
Discover the hidden job market through social media.
Craft a job search campaign that exploits social media.
Manage your reputation in a hard-to-control virtual world.
Social Media: Information Democratization
ExperimentalEsotericOrganicGrassrootsBetaAtypicalWeb 2.0Human-poweredParticipatory
What Is Social Media?
Many Faces
resumebear.com
Recruiters on Twitter
These Companies Hiring Now!
Newspapers That Tweet About Jobs and Career Opportunities
Twitterers To Follow
Job Search: Building Trusted
Relationships
Innovation
Passion
Compassion
Reputation
There are no unique fingerprints on the Internet
Anyone Can Claim To Be You
The Washington Post, 7 July 2007
“At the height of the cyber-abuse, Sue Scheff, a consultant to parents of troubled teens, would type her name in a Google search box and brace herself: Up would pop page after page of attack postings.”
When Good People Get Bad Press
Where In The World Is Maurene?
Blog comments – backtype.com
Discussion boards - boardtracker.com
Tweets - search.twitter.com
Blog comments – backtype.com
Blog posts – Technorati.com
Google - Google.com/alerts
Search aggregator - whostalkin.com
aka Maurene Gray, Maurene Caplan Grey, Maureen Grey, Maureen Caplan, Maureen Kaplan Gray , Maureen Kaplin Gray….
Recommendations Become literate in social media.
Evaluate a variety of social media sources for job leads.
Showcase your strengths using a variety of social media tools. Keep your message consistent.
Claim your name: site, email address, directories …
Blog, comment on blogs, twitter, clean up your LinkedIn, Plaxo and Facebook profiles. Aggregate as many services as possible.
Use free or for-fee services to make sure that your reputation shines.
Maurene Caplan GreyFounder, Principal Analyst
[email protected]://grey-consulting.com
http://linkedin.com/in/maurenegrey
Thank You