The document discusses how to use social media, such as LinkedIn, to help with job searching, recruiting, and personal branding. It recommends connecting with people inside companies you want to work for, sharing information about your experience and skills on LinkedIn, and maintaining a positive online presence. Social media allows you to research companies and find contacts that may help your job search.

1. Using Social Media to Help
You Dig For Gold
Abby Kohut
President & Staffing Consultant
Staffing Symphony, LLC

2. Digging for Gold Using Social Media
1. Social Media & personal branding
2. Social Media & recruiting
3. Social Media & job seeking

3. Abby Kohut

7. 101 Job Search Secrets
Amazon.com

9. Recruiting for Gold in 2010

10. “RELATIONSHIPS
MATTER”
 60+ million experienced professionals from
200+ countries representing 170 industries
 LinkedIn members include 130,000 recruiters
 Executives from many companies disclose
what they do, where they work now, and
where they’ve worked in the past
 There are members from all 500 of the
Fortune 500 companies
It’s FREE!!!

11. “RELATIONSHIPS
MATTER”

17. Seeking your Golden Job

18. Company Sleuthing
- Your interviewers
- Current employees
- Former employees
Find someone inside the company to walk your
resume to the hiring manager or the VP of HR

24. Abby’s ABC’s of Social Media
A = Always be Positive
B = Be Yourself
C = Caution Counts
D = Different Delivers
E = Enjoy Networking!