Why Should We Hire You

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

2. Overview <ul><li>The Hard Truth </li></ul><ul><li>What is Social Media? </li></ul><ul><li>Do’s and Don’ts </li></ul><ul><li>Know Your Twictionary </li></ul><ul><li>Twitter Application Landscape </li></ul><ul><li>What is LinkedIn? </li></ul><ul><li>Your LinkedIn Profile </li></ul><ul><li>LinkedIn Groups </li></ul><ul><li>Q&A </li></ul>

3. The Hard Truth <ul><li>Manpower says we are in the worst job market since 1982 </li></ul><ul><li>Unemployment: 8.1% - highest since December 1983 </li></ul><ul><li>Financial sector is one of the hardest hit </li></ul><ul><li>Dads and Grads – both are out on the hunt </li></ul><ul><li>You need to stand out from the crowd – personal branding </li></ul>

5. What is Social Media? <ul><li>Rule #10: multitasking makes you stupid. Do a single task and increase quality (props @ kathysierra - http://bit.ly/sM8D ) </li></ul><ul><li>Rule #9: be a wellspring of thoughts and inspiration to others. On the fly. Come on, I dare ya. </li></ul><ul><li>Rule #8: be careful what you say. If you think only social media folks are watching this space, think again. </li></ul><ul><li>Rule #7: know when to take a break - and going on Twitter doesn’t count as taking a break </li></ul><ul><li>Rule #6: be adept at thought, speech, and action - and know that they are all connected. </li></ul><ul><li>Rule #5: learn to type 80+ words per minute, you’ll need it </li></ul><ul><li>Rule #4: your goal ultimately should be to help change the world. </li></ul><ul><li>Rule #3: love what you do. </li></ul><ul><li>Rule #2: more coffee (good guess, @ localseoguide ) </li></ul><ul><li>Rule #1: coffee. </li></ul>

6. <ul><li>The Hard Truth </li></ul><ul><li>What is Social Media? </li></ul><ul><li>Do’s and Don’ts </li></ul><ul><li>Know Your Twictionary </li></ul><ul><li>Twitter Application Landscape </li></ul><ul><li>What is LinkedIn? </li></ul><ul><li>Your LinkedIn Profile </li></ul><ul><li>LinkedIn Groups </li></ul><ul><li>Q&A </li></ul>

7. 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.

8. Do This <ul><li>“ 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 </li></ul>

10. What is Twitter? <ul><li>“ 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.” </li></ul>

11. Know Your Twictionary <ul><li>At Reply or @reply - a reply to another user </li></ul><ul><li>DM – direct message </li></ul><ul><li>Failwhale – graphic that appears when Twitter is over capacity </li></ul><ul><li>Hashtags or # – using a symbol at the end of a tweet to follow messages in a series </li></ul><ul><li>Retweet (or RT) – repeating another’s tweet </li></ul><ul><li>Tweet – sending a Twitter message </li></ul><ul><li>Tweetbacks – similar to pingbacks from blogging </li></ul><ul><li>Twitterverse – the Twitter community </li></ul>

12. The Application Landscape Hahlo Twitterific

13. The Application Landscape TweetDeck

15. What is LinkedIn? <ul><li>“ 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. </li></ul>

16. Your LinkedIn Profile <ul><li>Photo </li></ul><ul><li>Groups </li></ul><ul><li>Q&A </li></ul><ul><li>Recommendations </li></ul><ul><li>LION </li></ul>

17. Your LinkedIn Profile <ul><li>Apps now supported </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Blog posts </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Slideshare </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Calendar / Events </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Twitter Buzz </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Saved Searches </li></ul></ul>

18. LinkedIn Applications <ul><li>iPhone App </li></ul><ul><li>Outlook toolbar </li></ul><ul><li>3 rd Party App integration </li></ul>

19. LinkedIn Groups

20. Secret Ninja LinkedIn Goodies <ul><li>Saved Searches </li></ul><ul><li>RSS Feeds (Group RSS) </li></ul><ul><li>Background Checks </li></ul><ul><li>Company Overview </li></ul><ul><li>Before your meeting </li></ul>

21. Facebook <ul><li>Recruiters spend time here </li></ul><ul><li>Hide your pics </li></ul><ul><li>Learn your settings </li></ul>

22. Final Thoughts <ul><li>Be original </li></ul><ul><li>Change the game, target companies </li></ul><ul><li>Be yourself </li></ul><ul><li>Above all – Don’t Give Up! </li></ul>

23. Further Reading <ul><li>17 Tips for Finding a Job with Social Media </li></ul><ul><li>7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media </li></ul><ul><li>How to Get the Most Out of LinkedIn </li></ul><ul><li>How I Got My Job Through Twitter </li></ul><ul><li>360jobinterview.com (May ’09) </li></ul>

24. Questions?

25. Contact <ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Brian Wallace </li></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><li>[email_address] </li></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><li>502.442.7914 </li></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><li>nowsourcing.com </li></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><li>@ nowsourcing </li></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul>

26. Credits <ul><li>http://blog.jippidy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/yellow_o_large.jpg </li></ul><ul><li>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022/sizes/o/ </li></ul><ul><li>http://flickr.com/photos/38521378@N00/792997159/ </li></ul><ul><li>http://flickr.com/photos/intrigueimages/315265442/ </li></ul><ul><li>http://flickr.com/photos/jhhwild/1781000505/ </li></ul><ul><li>http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantp/2336898926/ </li></ul><ul><li>http://flickr.com/photos/50698336@N00/2735401175/ </li></ul><ul><li>http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/linkedin-iphone-1.png </li></ul><ul><li>http://www.informationweek.com/galleries/showImage.jhtml;jsessionid=X24MMM1V5MRBYQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?galleryID=99&imageID=140&articleID=202103424 </li></ul><ul><li>http://www.portfolio.com/images/site/editorial/News/2008/11/13-nyc-job-fair-line-enlarged.jpg </li></ul>