improving employability through social media
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Presentation for Solent's Careers and Enmployability team - inspired by Sue Beckingham's presentation given at FOTiE 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Improving Employability through Improving Employability through Social MediaSocial Media
Creating a Professional Online IdentityCreating a Professional Online Identity
(presentation for Solent’s Careers and Employability team)(presentation for Solent’s Careers and Employability team)
Inspired by Sue BeckinghamInspired by Sue Beckingham
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Why use Social Media?Why use Social Media?
• Social media is an umbrella term for tools that support communication in an online community
• If you ‘Googled’ your name what would come up first?
• What would you want potential employers to see?
• Social media can be used to give you a voice and create a ‘brand’ (@suebecks)
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Google yourself:Google yourself:
Create a simple Google+ account:
This will appear at the TOP of any Google search
What would come up if you ‘Googled’ your name?
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Get blogging!Get blogging!
• Wordpress/Blogger/Tumblr
• Free platforms
• Use it to write about an area you’re interested in
• People with a similar interest will respond with comments or further questions
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Get tweeting!Get tweeting!• Place to share your blog posts,
videos, photos and ‘retweet’ other people’s interesting tweets
• Place to develop your PLN – your Personal Learning Network
• You must decide whether it’s an ‘all-round’ twitter account or just for a specialist interest
• Hash tags can be useful!
• Specific job seekers sites available too!
http://edudemic.com/2010/06/the-ultimate-twitter-guidebook/
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Get LinkedIn!Get LinkedIn!
• Business focussed social network
• Up-to-date CV
• Collect references and recommendations
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Share your workShare your work
• YouTube/VimeoVideo/Animation/Music
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Share your workShare your work
• YouTube/VimeoVideo/Animation/Music
• FlickrPhotos/drawings
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Share your workShare your work
• YouTube/VimeoVideo/Animation/Music
• FlickrPhotos/drawings
• SlidesharePresentations
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Share your workShare your work
• YouTube/VimeoVideo/Animation/Music
• FlickrPhotos/drawings
• SlidesharePresentations
• MyPortfolio (Mahara)Work experience and examples
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Create a universal ‘about me’ page:Create a universal ‘about me’ page:
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Facebook can be used too…Facebook can be used too…
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Use facebook (but ‘lock down’ your profile!)Use facebook (but ‘lock down’ your profile!)
• Some unis will have pages to push out jobs and advertise workshops (can be linked to Twitter too!)
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Use facebook (but ‘lock down’ your profile!)Use facebook (but ‘lock down’ your profile!)
• Some employers will have pages to advertise their own jobs!
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Use facebook (but ‘lock down’ your profile!)Use facebook (but ‘lock down’ your profile!)
• Great start – but what’s happened to it?
• No activity since May 2010!
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Considerations:Considerations:
• Identity theft• Personal opinions• Spelling/grammar• Defamation• Colourful language• Content ownership• Takes time to build up
your PLN
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Find me:
• Email: [email protected]
• Homepage: http://about.me/samwise
• Twitter: @samwisemoss
Yes I am mad!