Landing a Job in the Digital World

Landing a Job in the Digital World June 2010 By Ben Cotton

A quick vote! vote... A quick

'It's a tough world out there' It's a tough world out there! You have to make yourself stand out from the crowd! out 'You need to stand from the crowd'

That's helpful! Helpful!

'the creation of an asset that pertains to a particular person or individual; this includes but is not limited to the body, clothing, appearance and knowledge contained within, leading to an indelible impression that is uniquely distinguishable.' Tom Peters, Personal branding bloke, 1997

Your Blog is the new CV Your blog is your new CV!

So is your e-portfolio So is your e-portfolio!

HowBut how launch launch this can you can you this work? work?

19m UK active Internet users 25% micro/blog 58% read blogs 79% watch videos online 64% belong to a social network

No paper vs. lots and lots of paper Stand out from the crowd vs. fiollow the crowd Cheap vs. some expense Wider audience vs. limited audience Demonstrate digital skills vs. cutting and sticking! Instant vs. slow Email link vs. show hard copy

Digital Footprint

'Inevitably employers are using Google as a personal reputation engine and scrutinising these types of sites to review an individual’ s career history and work ahead of hiring an individual.' Stephen Waddington, MD Speed Communications, 2009 'As more and more people use Twitter, Facebook and blogs we know far more about people than we’ve ever done before. The first thing that I do when recruiting someone is check them out online. It’ s a matter of few minutes to go back and read hundreds of their previous tweets and find out far more about the real them than any CV, reference or interview could ever reveal.' Stuart Bruce, MD Wolfstar, 2010

Personal Brand vs. SEO Personal brand is pre-google 1997 vs. 2010 People mention personal brand or digital footprint, they are often referring to something that is better described as personal SEO People describe what happens when someone Google’ s your name Having good stuff come up is the essence of personal SEO

Permanent Public Immediate

Some cautionary tales...

'Facebook users are dumb F*cks!'

Kevin Colvin is a fairy

#Epic #Fail

Tweeted his way out of the Labour Party 'Just won a signed Celtic shirt in a raffle. Want to vom' 'Coffin dodgers' 'Johnnie Walker Red Label is Pub full of 'depressed teuchters' so awful they can't sell it in Scotland'

Where to start? Google yourself! Google Alerts 123.people.com

Voice your opinion Google loves blogs! Improve writing Demonstrate industry knowledge

Presentation decks Free your work...make your e-portfolio go 'live'! Examples of writing/projects etc CV Great for search!

Access to industry people Find out what people are Get into conversation thinking!!! Let them know you are looking for a job! Find out about industry issues Build an online reputation Let them know about your blog

It's a tough world out there! Success! You have to make yourself stand out from the crowd! PSSTT! Remember to click here!

Other considerations... Privacy SEO yourself to the max! Sharable Contactable Curate, as well as create

Client confidentiality Could look stupid and damage your reputation Extremely public Personal privacy

Q&A Any questions?

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Landing a Job in the Digital World

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