automating the job search (version 1.1)

AUTOMATING THE

JOB SEARCH

© September 2010

David Swinney, Social Media Technologist

WHO IS DAVID SWINNEY?

30-year veteran of Texas Instruments, with 15 years experience in Information Technology

Technologist

Project Manager

Web Content and Communications Manager

Software Provisioning Manager

Customer Support Specialist

Vendor Relationship Manager

Social Media Enthusiast

Currently seeking opportunities to support businesses in their efforts to leverage the power of social media

JOB SEARCHING IS

TIME-CONSUMING

Visiting job boards

Managing e-mail search alerts for jobs matching your interests

Processing LOTS of e-mail

Visiting / participating on LinkedIn

Performing target company research

JOB SEARCHING IS

TIME-CONSUMING

The day just doesn’t seem long enough to get everything done

RSS can give you back some of that time

WHAT IS RSS? Really Simple Syndication

A type of web feed used to publish / distribute frequently updated content

Designed to notify users when a website or blog updates with fresh content

WHAT IS RSS? Monitored through an

RSS aggregator, like Google Reader.

When sites update content, the RSS reader is notified.

When you login to your reader, feeds show up like e-mail in your inbox.

GOOGLE READER IN PLAIN

ENGLISH

http://www.commoncraft.com/custom-video-google-reader-plain-english

GOOGLE READER

HOME VIEW

BENEFITS OF RSS

Centralize content consumption in one place

Scroll through content (i.e., “feeds”) from multiple sites without visiting each one

Categorize content into folders / subfolders

Once configured, users are able to read and consume more in a shorter period of time

RSS + You = Win!

RSS IS A KEY ELEMENT OF

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter

Profile Pages, Replies Pages, Search Pages LinkedIn

Network Updates, Groups, Answers Facebook

Posts, Notes, Notifications, Status Updates Blogs

Posts, Comments Job boards / search engines

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS

Indeed.com search queries

TwitJobSearch.com search queries

LinkedIn Network Updates

LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

ADD FEEDS FROM

INDEED.COM

ADD INDEED.COM FEEDS

TO GOOGLE READER

http://reader.google.com

INDEED.COM JOB FEEDS IN

GOOGLE READER

JOB SEARCH SITES WHICH

SUPPORT RSS

Aggregators

Indeed

SimplyHired

Linkup

Job Boards

CareerBuilder

Monster

Dice

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS




LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

ADD FEEDS FROM

TWITJOBSEARCH.COM

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS




LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

ADD FEED FROM

LINKEDIN UPDATES

http://www.linkedin.com/rssAdmin?display=&goback=.hom

LINKEDIN UPDATES IN GOOGLE

READER

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS




LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

ADD FEEDS FROM LINKEDIN

ANSWERS

http://www.linkedin.com/answers

LINKEDIN ANSWERS IN

GOOGLE READER

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS




LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

GOOGLE SEARCH

RSS FEED

http://www.google.com/alerts

ADD FEEDS FROM

SOCIALMENTION.COM

SOCIALMENTION.COM

FEEDS IN GOOGLE READER

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB SEARCH –

THE BOTTOM LINE

Job searching is a full-time exercise

Make the search process more efficient where and when you can

RSS feeds and automation can save you significant time

Monitoring job boards

Monitoring Twitter streams

Keeping track of your network’s activities

Researching target companies

HOW TO USE GOOGLE

READER Monitoring Your Brand With Google Reader

http://www.slideshare.net/davidswinney/monitoring-your-personal-brand-using-google-reader

http://www.slideshare.net/davidswinney/monitoring-your-personal-brand-using-google-reader

THANK YOU!

David Swinney, Social Media Technologist

[email protected]

214-233-5678

http://davidswinney.com

http://twitter.com/davidswinney

http://linkedin.com/in/davidswinney

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