Full article: https://socialmediavalue.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/get-a-job-with-social-media/ There are several ways to search for jobs. You can send résumés and cover letters to targeted companies, respond to job offers you found in newspapers or on job search websites, network all around, and… promote your online profiles. Believe it or not, getting a job thanks to social media is possible! How do I know it? Well, I got my first job that way!

1. Get a job with social media
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2. Want to get hired?
There are many ways to search for jobs:
● Send résumés and cover letters out-of-the-blue
● Respond to job offers from newspapers or job
search websites
● Network all around, and…
● Promote your online profiles
Believe it or not, getting a job thanks to social
media is possible!
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3. It's not that easy!
The problem?
Companies receive tons of applications every day,
and yours might hit the trash too soon.
The solution?
Grab their attention!
● Improve your professional profiles
● Optimize your online visibility
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4. Create a strong profile
1. Be complete
2. Be bold
3. Get endorsements
4. Add recommendations
5. Be obvious
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5. 1. Be complete
Become an "All-Star" individual
● Include all your professional experiences
● Include your extra-curricular activities
● Fill in the blanks
Remember that recruiters don't have time to ask
questions. They want all the answers at once.
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6. 2. Be bold
Do not hesitate to say what you can do!
● Identify your skills and areas of expertise
● Select key words
● Add them to your titles and job descriptions
Make a list of everything you can do, find the
‘professional’ term for it, then share it!
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7. 3. Get endorsements
Saying that no one but you can sell you is not true.
Get your connections vouch for you!
● Add your skills and areas of expertise
● Endorse your contacts' skills
● Get them endorse yours
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8. 4. Add recommendations
● Click on ‘Edit your
profile’ in the top
section
●
● Go to the
"Recommendations"
section at the bottom
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● Ask to be
recommended

9. 5. Be obvious
If you are looking for a job, say it!
● Your title is your objective: write the position
you want to get.
● Your summary is the introduction you would
write on a cover letter.
● Help recruiters get in touch!
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10. Read the full article here: http://socialmediavalue.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/get-a-job-with-social-media/