With the openness of social web and the power of networking, social media has become the new Word-of-Mouth!! But is it different than all that we have experienced so far in our lives, where many of us have found jobs by talking to friends and family members? Well, you might already be using one or two social tools to network and search jobs. But having a strategy in place to show your expertise and passion in what you do, can attract recruiters before you even apply for a job!
Here is the strategy in using social media to land your next great position. Remember 2 out of 3 Companies are to expand Social Recruiting in 2014! That means more recruiters are going to be searching for you on social media. So let’s have a game plan!
1. WELCOME!!
About Me – Nisha Raghavan
Talent Management Professional (Telecom Industry)
Author at Your HR Buddy
Co-host of DriveThruHR, HR’s #1 Daily Radio Show
Founder & Host, India HR LIVE TV
Contributing author at SHRM’s @WeKnowNext & @WomenofHR
Nisharaghavan
2. Accolades/Mentions
•Pay Scale’s ’Top 25 must read HR blogs in 2013‘
•Huffington Post’s ‘Top 100 Most Social Human Resources Experts on Twitter‘
•Ere.net’s Top 25 People re-tweeted most by Recruiters on Twitter
•HRmarketer’s The Faces of HR Technology on Social
•Leadtail’s Top 50 People Most Retweeted by Recruiters & Top 50 People Most Mentioned by
Recruiters
9. Be the real you!!
•What do you want to be known for?
• Be authentic
• Share your interests & passion along
with your expertise
• Grow your personal brand with your
content strategy on every social platform
16. Engage
•Focus on quality of your engagement
•Not a tool to broadcast but to build relationships
•Blend your professional and personal lives together
•Establish a social media brand voice
•Listen regularly for latest trends & share your
thoughts
•Use & Follow hashtags to know about your industry
•Add to trending topics where relevant
17. Twitter third party tools
•Bit.ly – URL shortener and tracker
•TweetDeck.com – Great tool for twitter chats
•Hootsuite.com – Free tool to schedule tweets and
updates but not that good in analytics
•Sprout Social- Paid tool to schedule tweets, measure
your reach and get insights