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Social Media and Job Search The Basics For College Students

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Page 1: Social Media and Job Search

Social Media and Job Search

The Basics For College Students

Page 2: Social Media and Job Search

Does Social Media Matter in Job Search?• From article on Time, Inc. money.com, a 2014

Jobvite survey revealed: 93% of hiring managers will review a candidate’s social profile before making a hiring decision.

• 55% have reconsidered a candidate based on what they find

• 61% of those “double-takes” were negative• 66% said they would hold poor spelling and

grammar against candidates• BOTTOM LINE: your social media image does

matter

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A Few Golden Rules• Every college student should have a LinkedIn site• Twitter is a valuable tool in job search and company

research• If you don’t like to use social media or are not tech savvy,

you need to get over that• A negative digital image can result in not being contacted

by a recruiter• Add professional content to social media sites: blogs,

slideshows, video presentations• Get rid of negative posts and content.• Set your privacy settings; if your information is viewable

to the world, you can’t complain if someone finds your information online

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Don’t Forget• To upload a professional photo on your LinkedIn

page. Good idea on Twitter as well.• With LinkeIn, edit your public profile URL: click on

your thumbnail photo (top right), select Privacy Settings, click on Profile/Helpful Hints/Edit Public Profile, then edit your Public Profile URL (top right of the page)

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Professional Image• Social media can be fun, but remember that your

professional image is on display as well