21st Century Job Search How To Use Social

Networks to Network

It’s Time To Embrace Social Networks(Employers Are)

Source: 2014 Jobvite Social Job Seeker

Recruiting Worlds Colliding

ATS

Social NetworksReferrals

The Job Posting Process

Who’s Using ATS

http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/applicant-tracking-system

What Can You Do To Break The Odds?

ATS eliminate of

candidates

http://www.quintcareers.com/applicant_tracking_systems_report.html

Growth of Social Recruiting

92%

20112012 2013

56%

78%

How Companies Fill Positions

ALWAYS Do the 2-Step

Find a job

then find an insider

Find an insider

then find a job

OR

You

A Network

Need

Build Your Brand

• Job or field of interest

• Experience

• Specific skills

• Success

• What makes you unique

• Why you do what you do

Grow Your Network

• Friends

• Family/Relatives

• Professors

• Advisors

• Coaches

• Alumni

Nurture Your Network

• Congratulate a connection on

a new job

• Share a connection’s status

update, always giving

attribution

• Mention connection’s name in

your status update

• Join group’s discussion feed

and add to the conversation.

• Wish a friend happy birthday

• Give a shout-out to a friend in

your status update

• Share a status update, always

giving attribution

• Post news of upcoming events

The Social Networking Trifecta

1. Create a Great Headline

2. Update Your Status Regularly

3. Get Active In Groups

Find People In Companies

Find Common Interests

Reach Out

1. Add work history to profile

2. Ask friends for introductions

3. Regularly update status to include

career related material

4. Learn Privacy Settings

5. Like” Companies or Groups

Find & Follow

1. Write a keyword rich bio

(160 characters) Include URL

3. Tweet/share industry news

3. Engage with People

Especially Target Companies…

Find & Follow

• Advanced Twitter Search

• FollowerWonk.com

• Twellow.com

• Informative

• Appropriate font and color

• Links to social profiles/portfolio

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