Automating the Job Search

AUTOMATING THE JOB SEARCH © July 2010 David Swinney, Social Media Specialist

WHO IS DAVID SWINNEY?  30-year veteran of Texas Instruments, with 15 years experience in Information Technology  Technologist  Project Manager  Web Content and Communications Manager  Software Provisioning Manager  Customer Support Specialist  Vendor Relationship Manager  Social Media Enthusiast  Currently seeking opportunities to educate, train, and support businesses in their efforts to leverage the power of social media

JOB SEARCHING IS TIME-CONSUMING Visiting job boards Managing e-mail search alerts for jobs matching your interests Visiting / participating on LinkedIn Performing target company research There just aren’t enough hours in the day RSS can give you back some of that time

WHAT IS RSS?  Really Simple Syndication  A type of web feed used to publish / distribute frequently updated content  Designed to notify users when a website or blog updates with fresh content  Monitored through an RSS reader, like Google Reader.  When sites update content, the RSS reader is notified.  When you login to your reader, feeds show up like e-mail in your inbox.

BENEFITS OF RSS  Centralize content consumption in one place  Scroll through content (i.e., “feeds”) from multiple sites without visiting each one  Categorize content into folders / subfolders  Once configured, users are able to read and consume more in a shorter period of time  RSS + You = Win!

RSS IS A KEY PART OF SOCIAL MEDIA  Twitter profiles  LinkedIn streams  Facebook  Twitter searches  Blogs  Job boards / search engines

GOOGLE READER IN PLAIN ENGLISH http://www.commoncraft.com/custom-video-google-reader-plain-english

GOOGLE READER HOME VIEW

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB SEARCH WITH RSS Indeed.com search queries TwitJobSearch.com search queries LinkedIn Network Updates LinkedIn Answers Company Research

ADD FEEDS FROM INDEED.COM

ADD INDEED.COM FEEDS TO GOOGLE READER http://reader.google.com

INDEED.COM JOB FEEDS IN GOOGLE READER

JOB SEARCH SITES WHICH SUPPORT RSS Aggregators Indeed SimplyHired Linkup Job Boards CareerBuilder Monster Dice

ADD FEEDS FROM TWITJOBSEARCH.COM

ADD FEED FROM LINKEDIN UPDATES http://www.linkedin.com/rssAdmin?display=&goback=.hom

LINKEDIN UPDATES IN GOOGLE READER

ADD FEEDS FROM LINKEDIN ANSWERS http://www.linkedin.com/answers

LINKEDIN ANSWERS IN GOOGLE READER

GOOGLE SEARCH RSS FEED http://www.google.com/alerts

ADD FEEDS FROM SOCIALMENTION.COM

SOCIALMENTION.COM FEEDS IN GOOGLE READER

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB SEARCH – THE BOTTOM LINE  Job searching is a full-time exercise  Make the search process more efficient where and when you can  RSS feeds and automation can save you significant time  Monitoring job boards  Monitoring Twitter streams  Keeping track of your network’s activities  Researching target companies

HOW TO USE GOOGLE READER Monitoring Your Brand With Google Reader http://www.slideshare.net/davidswinney/monitoring-your- personal-brand-using-google-reader

THANK YOU! David Swinney, Social Media Specialist david.swinney@gmail.com 214-233-5678 http://davidswinney.com http://twitter.com/davidswinney http://linkedin.com/in/davidswinney Download presentation from www.slideshare.net

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