This document discusses the use of social networks for job searching, research, and open access publishing. It provides information on popular professional social networks like LinkedIn and ResearchGate, noting their features for maintaining profiles, connecting with contacts, sharing publications and research, and finding job opportunities. Risks of oversharing personal information on social media for job searches are also addressed. The document advocates using social networks to establish expertise in one's field and facilitate collaboration between researchers.

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Web Training 2013 – Unicam SAS
Social Networks,
Job Searching &
Research
Carlo Vaccari - UniCam carlo.vaccari@unicam.it
http://vaccaricarlo.wordpress.com

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index
Social Network & Job searching
Linkedin and other websites
Risks of the use of social networks
SN for researchers

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Job searching and social network
An Adecco survey on Digital Reputation and Social Recruiting
le aziende i candidati

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Job searching and social network

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Job searching and social network
Motivi di utilizzo dei social media (aziende/candidati)

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Job searching and social network
Elementi valutati dalle aziende

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Linkedin
Some data about Linkedin:
175 millions users
60m+ USA, 16m+ India, 9m+ Brasil
10m+ in UK 4m+ France
3m+ in Netherlands, Spain and Italy
2 millions of company pages
1 million groups
23% accesses from mobile
Other info by Alexa
since 2004: curve of interest according to Google

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Linkedin
Features:
inserting curriculum vitae and contacts list (need
approval or presentation)
request to be presented to shared contacts
search for jobs, people, opportunities (see example)
companies list available jobs and search for applicants
users can “follow” companies and receive warnings
“social” features: groups, blog integration, API
new! Endorsement

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Linkedin
Map!
(also online)

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other web sites for job searching
Some websites has Facebook applications (es.
Monster BeKnown ) using Facebook contacts to search for
jobs or applicants
Many agencies have Facebook pages: see CercoLavoro or
GiGroup
Internet website, but not social network:
multinational companies: Adecco, Monster
public websites: ClicLavoro
metasearch engine: Jobrapido
newspapers: Corriere della Sera Repubblica

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suggestions for job searching on SN
1. Create a success personal brand:
1.1. Complete the profile: use your name, use a photo suitable
for your job, fille the info, describe you presence in the
network (blog, website, SN)
1.2. Privacy settings: “consistent” with your search – applies
to posts, links and photos (even tagged)
2. Check the feed: alerts in friends' streaming
3. Be active in a group, in fan page, become “friend” of a
company – show yourselves, participate in contests
4. Establish a dialogue with the company through a group, a
fan page, a user
5. Try tools like Marketplace e Facebook careers

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the risks of SNs in job searching
Pay attention to what you write about yourself in social network
Risks:
- discrimination if you already have a job (damage the caree
or become the subject of mobbing)
- if you are searching for a job or looking to change job
young people are at risk for having published (years before!)
contents that may not appeal to (potential) employers
A complete survey about pros and risks of social networks:
To log or not to log? - Risks and benefits of emerging life-
logging applications (ENISA.eu)

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the risks of SNs in job searching
Suggestions:
1. Search for yourself on search engines nd social networks
and try to read them «with the eyes» of your employers
2. Avoid writing info too much personal information (photo)
3. Use the social networks' features to restrict access to your
information
4. In some cases, use a nickname
5. Suggestions from Italian Privacy Garantor
“Social network: attenti agli effetti collaterali”

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SN for researchers
Before the social networks:
Digital bibliography web sites:
- http://dbis.uni-trier.de/DBL-Browser/
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Online libraries:
- http://nsdl.org (search)
Publishers:
- http://www.springer.com
- http://www.elsevier.com/ (online tools)
Associations:
- http://www.acm.org/ http://www.ieee.org/index.html

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SN for researchers
Bookmarks and publications sharing:
- http://www.bibsonomy.org/
Peer evaluation:
- www.peerevaluation.org
Desktop programs to manage bibliography:
- http://bibdesk.sourceforge.nethttp://www.zotero.org/
- https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/referencer/
A comparison: see features

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Science 2.0
The concept of Science 2.0 identifies:
the collaborative use of web platforms in order to facilitate the
work of researcher;
a renewal of the scientific method with the ability to collect /
share huge amounts of data.
The use of Web 2.0 in the field of science resulting in:
new dynamics of work (social bookmarking, open notebook,
data-sharing, e-science)
new relational opportunities (social networks)
new ways of publication (open access, preprint)

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Science 2.0
Science 2.0 allows:
organize research teams at a distance
define projects and research protocols
organize and manage scientific articles
seek and provide funding
analyze bibliographies
perform analysis on the data
carry out research
present results
promote open access

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open access
In 2001 in Budapest a conference sponsored by
Open Society Institute with the objective of increasing efforts
to promote the publication of research on the internet freely
Along the Budapest Open Access Initiative free access gives
readers an extraordinary power to find and use the results of
research and gives authors greater visibility and greater
impact
Two recommended strategies:
Self-archiving (according to the standard Open Archive)
Open-access journals (v. DOAJ)

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open access
In 2008, the European Commission decided that 20% of
research funded by the Commission under the FP7 to be
published as open access after an embargo of 6-12 months
Action was followed by the European Research Council
(open access publishing after 6 months), and then by the
European Science Foundation (ESF) and by EuroHORCS
OpenAIRE is a repository where the results of European
research are stored - on the website also
statistical information and a list of open access resources of
the European nations
World Bank issued the Open Knowledge website where a lot
of researches have been released under Creative Commons
license (CC BY and CC BY-NC-ND)

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SN for researchers
ResearchGate
Within ResearchGate users have the ability to:
define their own profile on the basis of academic titles
describe their research skills
enter their publications
create a network of contacts to establish collaborations
join thematic groups
discuss relevant issues

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SN for researchers
ResearchGate - 2
- topics to follow for discussions on which questions are
asked
https://www.researchgate.net/topics/?nav=discussions
https://www.researchgate.net/aboutus.AboutUsPress.html
(see screeenshots)

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SN for researchers
Academia.edu
shows academics around the world in a tree structure
according to their affiliation with universities and other
academic departments
allows each academic to have a web page easy to manage
where they can introduce themselves and leave their contact
details
keeps updated academics about their interests
provides a kind of service “locate and follow” to the
research community
promotes research and allows the dissemination of
publications, articles and magazines

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SN for researchers
Academia.edu
News feed, which allows users to keep up to date on events
in their field, including:
publications of any kind;
conferences;
active projects;
questions, answers and status updates on scientific topics
see analytics and profile

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SN for researchers
other networks:
Scitable from Nature network: groups, topic rooms, blogs
Mendeley generate bibliographies, collaborate, find papers
(cloud and desktop application - freemium)
Biocrowd discussion, blogs, job searching
DottNet reserved to medical communities, exchange
information, content, more than 160k operators (Sermo in
USA)
Epernicus mainly addressed to researchers in the
biomedical field
LabRoots messages, bibliographies, Q&A

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SN for researchers
Integration with other networks:
see example ResearchGate: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin,
Google+
Continuity?: see UniPhy
In the future: autonomous platforms or sectors/groups inside
bigger Social Networks?