social media communications (comm1070) final project presentation
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SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
PROJECT PRESENTATION
Mike Quinlan
5-1-13
TOPIC AT HAND…
HUB FOR CONTENT: BLOG HTTP://EMPLOYSOCIALMEDIA.WORDPRESS.COM/
ABOUT THIS TOPIC
Employing Social Media VT has been created to share thoughts, ideas, and
tips about the evolving role of social media in today’s job market. Due to the
ever changing advancements in technology and the increasing usage of social
media in today’s culture it has become an inevitable communication tool for
seeking employment, advancing your current job, recruiting, and evaluating
prospective employees. We must now rethink, relearn and re-resume so that
we can keep our foot in the door. My goal of this blog is to explore and share
the tools and possibilities available in social media that will help you find
employment in the digital age.
TARGETAUDIENCE
My content focused on people who are searching for a new
job and could use information, inspiration and tips about
using social media to assist their job hunting efforts.
CONTENT
• SlideShare presentation about the purpose of the blog.
• Youtube video that shows local experience and tips
• Blog post & infographic made from Social recruiting data
• Social media resume idea
• Social media preparations for the job hunt
• Reinforcing the growth of social media blog post
SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION
My blog
PIN AND COLLECT THE IMAGES AND INFOGRAPHICS, AND SLIDESHARE PRESENTATIONS THAT I MADE. RESEARCH INFOGRAPHICS AND SOURCE IMAGES
INSPIRATION
http://pinterest.com/quinlanmike/employing-social-media/
Employing Pinterest
I USED HOOTSUITE TO MONITOR MY SOCIAL MEDIA STREAMS FOR MY EMPLOYING SOCIAL MEDIA WORDPRESS,FACEBOOK COMMUNITY PAGE, AND @EMPLOYSOCIALVT TWITTER HANDLE
Employing HOOTSUITE
I LINKED MY DELICIOUS PAGE @MIKEQUINLANTO MY BLOG TO BOOKMARK AND SHARE MY SOURCES FOR MY PROJECT AND FOR MY AUDIENCE AS A JOB HUNTER RESOURCE https://delicious.com/
mikequinlan
Employing Delicious.com
I STARTED A YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND POSTED THE VIDEO THAT I MADE ON MY EMPLOYING SOCIAL MEDIA BLOG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIEBH9yoHow&feature=youtu.be
Employing Youtube.com
I CREATED A FACEBOOK PAGE THAT LINKS TOAND FROM MY BLOG AND TWITTER ACCOUNT. I POSTED UPDATES ON NEW CONTENT AND LINKS FOR DIFFERENT SITE LIKE MY PINTEREST
Employing Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/employingsocialmediaVT
I CREATED THE TWITTER HANDLE @EMPLOYSOCIALVT AND FOLLOWED JOB POSTINGS AND INFORMATION THAT WAS RELEVANT TO MY BLOG. I SHARED ALL OF MY CONTENT AND TWEETED IN RELATION TO JOBS
Employing Twitter
https://twitter.com/employsocialVT
I LEARNED HOW TO USE SLIDESHARE AND MADE A FUN PRESENTATION TO EXPLAIN THE PREMISE OF MY SUBJECT
Employing SlideShare
www.slideshare.net/MikeQuinlan2/social-final
I UPDATED MY LINKEDIN PROFILE AND MADE CONNECTIONS. I CONTACTED SOME OF THOSENEW CONNECTIONS FOR MY VIDEO INTERVIEWS.THIS WILL ALWAYS BE AN ONGOING PROCESS.
Employing LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/quinlanmike/
WORDPRESS WAS MY PLATFORM OF CHOICEFOR MY BLOG CONTENT. I CHOSE TO RELEASEALL OF MY MATERIAL WITHIN A 10 DAY PERIOD TO CONDENSE THE RESULTS. I TRIED POSTING EVERYDAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST WEEK.
Employing Wordpress
http://employsocialmedia.wordpress.com/
• I tried my best to employ my advice that I blogged about to my own social media profiles
• I made connections with people on LinkedIn and updated my profile.
• Used my social media sites to communicate with them
• Updated all of my profile pictures to be consistent
• Made posts and shared blog content on Twitter and Facebook
• Integrated Blog with every appropriate “tool and platform”
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
Credits & Inspiration: C.C. Chapman and Ann HandleyBrian SolisChris BroganDan Zarrella
Barbara Dozetos
Dawn SantosJacob RobinsonAmie O'BrienJennifer O'DonnellChristopher Carrara
Vanessa DoodyKristen Gagnon
Natalie ElvidgeMelanie WhiteEmily TobiNathan BrownAvery Hammond
SOURCES USED: VIEW MORE @MIKEQUINLAN - DELICIOUS.COM Some Sources/works cited:
• recruiting.jobvite.com
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlideShare
• http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/6376/Data-Shows-Presentatio
ns-With-More-Slides-Get-Viewed-More-on-SlideShare.aspx
• http://www.slideshare.net/EmilandDC/how-i-landed-a-job-with-slideshare
• http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee/really-ugly-resumes
• US Department of Labor (Jolt reports)
• PEW research institute
• reputation.com
LOOKING AHEAD
I will continue blogging this topic on these upcoming posts:
Market yourself for your job hunting
campaign
Get LinkedIn already
Communities for job seekers to connect
Top 3 social media sites for getting
employed (Indeed).
Success stories from the unemployed
trenches
THANK YOU FOR VIEWING THE EMPLOYING SOCIAL MEDIA PROJECT!
I am currently awaiting a response from a potential employer because of a LinkedIn connection that I made during this project!