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Job Search 2.0Using social networks to stand out.
About me Manager of web experience and technologies at ATR, a Silicon Valley-based staffing "rm. [email protected]
http://www.atrinternational.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaamoraohttp://www.facebook.com/lisaamorao
About me Drank the Facebook and Twitter Kool-AidTends to babble about these thingsSo you need to stop me if I veer too much off topic.
*Does not work for Facebook, Twitter, or Apple.
Job Search 2.0
Why?
Beyond “it’s who you know”
Social networks as tools
“It’s for kids”
Search and be noticed
Employers are taking recruiting beyond the
job boards.
It’s cheaper and it broadens their reach.
FacebookMarketplace
You can put in the job you want
Browseavailable jobs
Categories
JOBS
Job search toolon LinkedIn
Twitterlingo:# hashtagsused forkeywords
#jobs#careers
Social networking sitesas research tools
Companies link
EMPLOYEES
What are their backgrounds like? Does it match yours?
Research the personyou are interviewing with before you show up for your interview.
Not only willit give you something totalk about, during your interview, it will also showyou did your research.
Social networking...how-to:no right or wrong way to do it, but it’s not networking if you’re
not connecting..
Networking and asking for work are two different things.
Be FOUND!
Future employers aren’t goingto search for you by name.
On LinkedIn, you can see the profiles of your connections, up
to the third degree.
If you are not connected to anyone, you are not going to appear in their search results.
CONNECT, CONNECT, CONNECT!
Use uploading tools to find contacts
Join online groups to network
The importance of yoursocial networking profile.
Have you Googled yourself lately?
My blog
My flickr pictures
My Facebook profile
My Twitter feed
When you are found, what will theysee?
A pictureA headline
Status update
Experience
Where elsethey can find me
Status updates help youbecome more visible to yournetwork.
Recommendations!
Show your expertise by answering questions from the network!
Networking as a habit.
My facebook profile is PERSONAL
OPPORTUNITY
Status
What are youabout?
Machead
Macheadwho has aninclinationto be criticalof Microsoft
PersonalityHow well do you articulate?Interests
Same stuff you would talkabout in an interview!
CONNECT, CONNECT, CONNECT!
The value of your networkis determined by your
connections.
The value of your networkis determined by your connections.
Facebook as a resource
Confession: I stalk people.
Facebook apps: distracting, but a lot are also useful.
Sometimes (ok, lots of times) pointless babble but on a larger context, shows who you are.
keeps up with new technology
mom
mom
working professional
enjoys the long holiday weekends, justlike everyone else.
Find people to follow, most of the time, they follow back!
Content? Talk aboutwhat you know.
EXPERTISE
No right or wrong way to do it!(ok, plenty of wrong ways,but use common sense)
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