Why Should We Hire You

So, Why Should We Hire You? Brian Wallace, President, NowSourcing, Inc.

Overview

The Hard Truth

What is Social Media?

Do’s and Don’ts

Know Your Twictionary

Twitter Application Landscape

What is LinkedIn?

Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

The Hard Truth

Manpower says we are in the worst job market since 1982

Unemployment: 8.1% - highest since December 1983

Financial sector is one of the hardest hit

Dads and Grads – both are out on the hunt

You need to stand out from the crowd – personal branding

Rule #10: multitasking makes you stupid. Do a single task and increase quality (props @ kathysierra - http://bit.ly/sM8D )

Rule #9: be a wellspring of thoughts and inspiration to others. On the fly. Come on, I dare ya.

Rule #8: be careful what you say. If you think only social media folks are watching this space, think again.

Rule #7: know when to take a break - and going on Twitter doesn’t count as taking a break

Rule #6: be adept at thought, speech, and action - and know that they are all connected.

Rule #5: learn to type 80+ words per minute, you’ll need it

Rule #4: your goal ultimately should be to help change the world.

Rule #3: love what you do.

Rule #2: more coffee (good guess, @ localseoguide )

Rule #1: coffee.

The Hard Truth

Do’s and Don’ts

What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

Don’t Do This Fedex sent email to Board of Directors Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.

Do This

“ We were able to get a good idea of Kevin's skills and interests just by conversing over Twitter for several months. While it doesn't remove the need for interviews, it makes the interview process more like hiring a friend than hiring a stranger.” -Peter Waldschmidt, CEO of Gnoso

The Hard Truth

Do’s and Don’ts

What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

What is Twitter?

“ Twitter is a social networking and micro- blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets ), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.”

At Reply or @reply - a reply to another user

DM – direct message

Failwhale – graphic that appears when Twitter is over capacity

Hashtags or # – using a symbol at the end of a tweet to follow messages in a series

Retweet (or RT) – repeating another’s tweet

Tweet – sending a Twitter message

Tweetbacks – similar to pingbacks from blogging

Twitterverse – the Twitter community

The Application Landscape Hahlo Twitterific

The Application Landscape TweetDeck

The Hard Truth

Do’s and Don’ts

What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

What is LinkedIn?

“ LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking . As of February 2009, it had more than 35 million registered users, spanning 170 industries.