This document provides tips for using Web 2.0 tools like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook to aid in career transition and job searching. It recommends setting goals and a strategy, researching industries and companies, establishing a professional online presence, and properly registering on job boards and company websites. Specific guidance is offered on using social media platforms to network, find relevant discussions and events, and humanize your profile to recruiters and other professionals in your industry.

1. Using Web 2.0 to Find Your Next Adventure

2. Transition and Career Search is Similar to Running a BusinessWhat are your goals?What is your strategy?What are your tools?

3. Goals and StrategyDiscussing your aspirations with friends and familyFinding a mentor who has transitioned before youUse career strategy tools found on the Internet: About .com, SHRinsight.com and ClearedJobs.Net

4. One Tool: The InternetCareer AdviceResearching Industries, CompaniesJob Boards: Generic and Niche Industry and Trade AssociationsBusiness and Social Networking

5. Setting Up Your “Office”Professional email address: KSmith@Yahoo.com, not huggybear@Yahoo.comProfessional Outgoing Message on Cell PhoneBusiness Cards with Name, Skills & Availability DateSetting Up Time Each Day to Work Your Strategy

6. How to Navigate a Job BoardSearching for PositionsRegistering for the SiteRegistering for individual services such as newsletters or job fairs

8. Searching for a PositionStart with a wide search and then narrow downUse exact phrases within quotes to provide you with a more exact resultRealize that postings are based on computer feeds from the company

10. Register as a Job SeekerRegistering allows employers to search your resume within the database It allows you to see how many times it has been viewedAllows you to apply for jobsYou have options of making your resume public or privateSetting up a job agent

12. Registering on a Company WebsiteFirst place where a recruiter will look is their own company website database OFCCP – all applicants must be trackedRefresh your resume frequentlyOther uses for the website then searching for a job: Press releases, benefits, reviewing the overall corporate culture

14. General Services Administration inked landmark agreements with several new media companies that clear up legal issues surrounding liability and government sunshine rules — thus easing their use by government agencies' websites

15. professional networkingand job searching onlinkedin

20. 385 members and growingShare newsPost discussionsNetwork with recruiters and job seekers

21. photo sharing for job search and career positioning

33. microbloggingand job searching ontwitter

40. photo sharing for job search and career positioning

43. educational videosfor job seekers on

45. Tim Strike, Senior Manager, Recruiting & Staffing for General Dynamics interviews include:Introduction to General Dynamics Information Technology http://cli.gs/2AB2pjApplying for a Job and Interviewing with General Dynamics Information Technology http://cli.gs/2AB2pjWhat is General Dynamics Information Technology’s Military Recruitment Program? http://cli.gs/mmnn3hAustin West, Project Manager for General Dynamics interviews include:Differences between Military Life and Private Industry Lifehttp://cli.gs/1L5QJEInterviews http://cli.gs/gavMUHTransition and Preparing for the Next Career http://cli.gs/rSy4QRMilitary Background and Experience http://cli.gs/YZqWJPRelocationhttp://cli.gs/EJnWUj

46. LinkedIn:Fill in as much as you are comfortable with on your profileFind and join groups that interest youPersonalize your invitations to connectAcknowledge those who want to connect with youTwitter:Pace yourself Try getting into a routine of updating at least once 2x a weekSearch for and join in on relevant convos of interest to youFacebook:Search for industry events and find 1-2 you can attendIf comfortable, a good profile photo helps to humanize youWhen you join a group, leave a small note to introduce yourself

48. Thank you and Good Luck!ksmith@ClearedJobs.NetCustomerService@ClearedJobs.Netwww.SlideShare.comCleared Job FairsFebruary 25th – Tysons CornerMarch 18th - BWI