5 clever ways to find the right job using social media

PR Log - Global Press Release Distribution 5 Clever Ways to Find the Right Job Using Social Media By battery Dated: Jun 20, 2011 Social media is making it easier to find the right jobs, and for you to connect to the right people that can help you get those jobs. Many job seekers are still using traditional job search methods that are yielding poor results. Top 5 Clever Ways to Find the Right Job Using Social Media Social media is making it easier to find the right jobs, and for you to connect to the right people that can help you get those jobs. Many job seekers are still using traditional job search methods that are yielding poor results. The New York Post reported that one woman applied for more than one thousand jobs over 99 weeks, getting only two interviews. Nearly one in three job seekers has been out of work for more than a year, and the average job seeker gives up after five months. But you dont have to end up like these professionals! By understanding who you are, what differentiates you in the marketplace and establishing your personal branding online, you can compete in the new talent marketplace. More and more companies are recruiting using social media, and 40% of young professionals are using social media to get jobs, reports Elance. You can have a successful job search by following these five new ways to get a job using social media. Acer as07b41 Battery Life | 5200mAh 14.8V Li-ion battery http://www.batteryfast.com/acer/as07b41.htm 1. Leverage Your Social Graph People get jobs through other people, not computers. By having a personal connection to the company youre applying for, your chances of getting a job multiply. If all you do is submit your resume blindly on job boards, you wont have much luck. Ten years ago, it would take you a lot of effort to ask your friends who they know and to remember where all your friends work. Now, you can tap your social graph on social networks and have all of that information at your fingertips. The internet is your personal research laboratory. Here are a few tools that will help you tap into your social graph during your job search: 1. LinkedIn. LinkedIn gives you access to hiring managers through your close connections. After creating your profile, upload all of your email contacts so that you have a foundation to build upon. Then, search for a company or position, filter your results by location and see who in your immediate network can introduce you to a hiring manager. LinkedIn forces us all to do more research on employees and companies before interviews. 2. InTheDoor.com. Think of InTheDoor.com as a job board overlay on your Facebook social graph. It connects Indeed.coms aggregated job board database and your Facebook social graph to show you who in your network can connect you with specific openings. You can find jobs at your friends companies, search for jobs in different cities by preference and search by company and job title. 3. BranchOut.com. Much like InTheDoor.com, Branch Out utilizes your Facebook social graph. The main difference is that you access BranchOut from within your Facebook profile, and it gives you more of a professional identity. It was always hard to build a professional identity on Facebook but BranchOut has tried to solve that. With $18 million in a recent venture capital round by Redpoint Ventures, more than 3 Page 1/3

PR Log - Global Press Release Distributionmillion job listings and 20,000 internships listings, this site is serious business. Like LinkedIn, you can getrecommendations on your page, and like Foursquare, you can earn badges.2. Build Your Online Influence More than a decade ago, if you had the right "hard" skills (i.e., C++ programming), you were almostguaranteed a job. You could almost trade your college diploma for a job upon graduation. Then, as theeconomy changed and became more competitive, companies started to pay attention to a new set of skills(panasonic hhr-v212 battery). Soft skills (i.e., communication, organization, leadership, etc) becameincreasingly important as a way to choose one candidate over another. Online influence is measured in how many connections you have, who those connections are (and howinfluential they are), who and how many people are sharing your content and backlinking to your websiteand more. Klout.com, a site that measures online influence and gives you a "Klout score," is becomingincreasingly popular with employers. If you have a high Klout score, it can help you get hired over the nextperson. Online influence attracts employers, who are increasingly looking to hire professionals who arealready well-known by their target audience. Companies understand that those with larger networks aremore productive and can generate new business, recruit top talent and market their brand better thansomeone who lacks a big network.3. Use Augmented Reality and Job Search Apps People are starting to use mobile applications to see job openings near them and apply with just a fewtouches of an iPhone or Android. In fact 20% of job seekers use their smartphone in their search for a job,reportsLinkUp. "Augmented reality" blurs the line between whats real and whats computer-generated byenhancing what we see, hear, feel and smell. If you have an iPhone, you should download the "Layar"application. Once installed, click on "Layars" from the bottom menu and search for "JobAmp Mobile."When you use this layar, you will be able to see all the companies near your current location and whatpositions are open at them. This information is very useful if you see a company youre interested in whenwalking around your city. In 2009, I wrote a post for Mashable on the top iPhone job search applications. Since 2009, Ive found anumber of other good applications that will assist you in your search, wherever that may be:CareerBliss (Free). It has company reviews, salary information, and about three million job listings.Real-Time Jobs (Free). Attach a social network profile and video to Twitter job postings.BusyBee (Free). If youre a freelancer, then you can find contract opportunities nearby with this app.4. Use Multimedia Instead of a Paper Resume A recent OfficeTeam survey noted that 36% of companies think that its at least somewhat likely resumeswill eventually be replaced by profiles on social and business networking sites.These promotional tacticscan be effective and even land some media attention, which could turn into a few job offers. Since very fewjob seekers take the time to invest in these tactics, they stand out and are shared widely. SlideShare.net. Develop your own PowerPoint presentation, upload it to SlideShare.net and promote itthrough your networks and on your website. Your slides can include information about your technicalskills, projects youve completed, an endorsement from a manager and more. Here is an example. Page 2/3

PR Log - Global Press Release Distribution Viral videos — Create a video about yourself, or multiple videos linked together, and use YouTube topromote it. You can also develop a video resume which will showcase your personality to employers, inaddition to your skills. Here is an example. Creative websites — Use your creativity and establish a creative website under your full name(yourfullname.com). Here is an example.5. Turn Yourself Into an Advertisement Another way to get peoples attention is to advertise yourself to the specific people and companies yourelooking to work for. The four most common ways to advertise yourself are through Facebook social ads,Google AdWords, blog advertisements and LinkedIn Ads. These are all offerings used primarily forbusinesses, but can be applied to your job search. You can see an example of this being done by Alec Brownstein in 2010, when he advertised himself bytargeting specific executives at companies he wanted to work for. Since people Google themselves, theexecutives saw his advertisement and he landed interviews. You want to create an advertisement thatcatches a recruiters attention and make sure that it links back to your main website or LinkedIn profile.Your advertisement should be specific and have your expertise clearly identified. More Information: http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/battery-technology/attention-to-the-importance-details-of-your-notebook-battery-chargers/###http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ -- wholesale electronics,Laptop Batteries,Laptop ac Adapter from china. We aim at offering the most updated and high quality consumer electronics to shoppers from all over theworldCategory Media, Computers, ConsumerTags Clever Ways, find job, social mediaEmail Click to email authorPhone +44 1428 657788Fax +44 1428 657788Address Kemp House 58 / 61 City Road LondonCity/Town Ashstead, SurreyState/Province KingstonZip EC1V 2NXCountry United Kingdom Page 3/3

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