This presentation provides some tips and ideas about job searching, identity curating, and fine-tuning your professional identity online and within LinkedIn. Lance Eaton he/him/his http://www.ByAnyOtherNerd.com https://twitter.com/leaton01 https://www.linkedin.com/in/leaton01/ ____________________ I wish I had all the answers; better yet, I wish I knew all the questions to ask.

1. Job Searching in an Online World:
CuratingYour Digital Identity
By Lance Eaton
Coordinator of Instructional Design
North Shore Community College
leaton@northshore.edu

2. OUTLINE
• Job Searching Online
• Digital Identity Maintenance
• LinkedIn & Social Networking

3. JOB SEARCHING ONLINE
General Sites
• Monster.com – http://www.monster.com
• Indeed - http://www.indeed.com/
• Craigslist.Org – http://craigslist.org
Field-Oriented Job Sites (for education or nonprofit)
• Inside Higher Ed - http://careers.insidehighered.com/
• Higher Ed Jobs - http://www.higheredjobs.com
• Idealist – http://www.idealist.org
Organization & Professional Group websites (for education or
nonprofit)
• NSCC - http://www.northshore.edu/hr/jobs/
• Salem State - http://www.salemstate.edu/409.php
• Mass.Gov - http://goo.gl/KdYGY
• MTA - http://www.massteacher.org/career.aspx

4. • Word Choices
• Saved Searches
• Job Search alerts
• Google Alerts - http://www.google.com/alerts
“UseYour Words”

5. Digital Identity Maintenance
• What is a Digital Identity?
• Why might you want a digital presence?
• What does Google say about you?
• Resume -> Google Search -> Interview

9. DIGITAL IDENTITY, STAYING
INFORMED & PROFESSIONAL
OPPORTUNITES
• What is a Digital Identity?
• Why might you want a digital presence?
• What does Google say about you?
• Resume -> Google Search -> Interview
Create, Produce, Curate

10. Finding Professional Resources
• Feedly
• Twitter
• Facebook/Google Communities
• Google Alerts: Keywords of the field & job alerts
• MOOCs
• EdX - https://www.edx.org/
• Coursera - https://www.coursera.org/
• Udacity - https://www.udacity.com/

11. LINKEDIN & SOCIAL NETWORKING
PROFILES
• Proper Grammar & Spelling
• Clear language
• Connected language
• Professional pictures
• Regularly visit & update/tweak
• Check out your stats for more information
• Profile Surf

12. Presentation Link: http://goo.gl/rJRqA

14. Networking in the Online World
• Professional Network: BE PROFESSIONAL
• Link with people your know.
• Send personal messages with people you don’t know
well.
• Return endorsements in kind.
• Find professional organizations.
• Learn about organizations.
• Talk to people about what they are doing.
• Provide GODO RECOMMMENDETIONES
• Proper spelling/grammar
• Quality content
• Specific examples

15. Anything that I cover, please follow up with me:
Leaton@northshore.edu
Twitter: leaton01
LinkedIn: Leaton01
Or Google + Question = Walkthrough
Feel free to follow up with success stories with your online
experiences.
QUESTIONS?
THANKYOU!