The document discusses the impact of social networks on job searching and career advancement, highlighting the importance of platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn for connecting and engaging with potential employers. It outlines resources and strategies for job seekers to effectively utilize social media, such as creating profiles, participating in discussions, and leveraging crowdsourcing. Additionally, it emphasizes the growing trend of freelancers and microenterprises as a result of social media's influence on the workforce landscape.

1. The power of social networksconnect | communicate | share | create | thrive Steve UrquhartSoutheastern Employment & Training AssociationMarch 7, 2011

2. How many have at least 50friends on Facebook?

3. ... 150 friends?

4. ... 300friends?

5. ... 500 friends?Agenda The Facebook effect

6. Social networking in action

7. Resources for job seekers

8. Bonus: Best practices in workforce social mediaThe Facebook Effect

9. Know this guy?

10. How about her?

11. Don’t do it!!!

12. Social networks

13. … are not new!

14. New technology150Same social behavior

15. Dunbar’s Number

16. The power of weak tiesSource: Joshua Porter, bokardo.com

18. We are all trying to … Connect

19. Communicate

20. Create

21. Share

22. Thrive

23. 16

24. And as workforce professionals we can … Inform

25. Educate

26. Involve

27. EngageSocial Networking in Action

29. Have a planListen first

30. Talk second

31. Engage and inform

32. Support and services

33. Build your brandSet your prioritiesSource: Altimeter Group, 2011 Social Media Priorities

35. Who’s out there?Creators. These are people who actively contribute and publish content

36. Critics. These are people who post reviews online, comment on blogs, or contribute in other ways to existing content.

37. Collectors. These are people who read lots of information and may vote or tag pages or photos.

38. Joiners. These are people who have a profile on different social networking sites and visit them with some regularity.

39. Spectators. These are people who read online information, list to podcasts, and watch videos but do not participate.

40. Inactives. As suspected, these are the people who aren’t engaged in any of these social technologies. Source: Forrester Research

42. 25Job Outlook Darkened circles = dark outlook, job losses projected

43. Open circles = bright outlook, job openings anticipatedSource: Time Magazine. “The Economy’s Toughest Task” Interactive graphics on time.com

44. The future?Dispersed

45. Free agents

46. Many skills

47. Specialization

48. CrowdsourcingLikely candidatesFreelancers

49. Virtual assistants

50. Solopreneurs/solocrafters

51. Microenterprises

52. Virtual agenciesResources for Job Seekers

53. Brian Ward lost his job on a Friday afternoon. Eleven days later he had a new one. With nearly 1 in 10 people out of work and the typical job search lasting 12 weeks, how did the Cleveland-based software architect pull it off? In a phrase: online social networking.Using Twitter and Facebook to Find a JobBy Barbara Kiviat -- Jun. 08, 2009

54. Set up a LinkedIn profilewww.linkedin.com

55. Check Google … (they will)www.google.com

56. Write a web log (blog) … www.wordpress.com

57. Create a Twitter account … www.twitter.com

58. Learn more with Glassdoorwww.glassdoor.com

59. Sign up for Meetup.comwww.meetup.com

60. Publish and research, Scribdwww.scribd.com

61. Go freelance on Solvate, etc.www.solvate.com

62. Go wash your Face(book) …

63. Check job board resources

64. Top 10 – Job seekersSet up a LinkedIn profileCheck Google to see what HR would seeWrite a blog to showcase your expertise, virtual portfolioCreate a Twitter account, follow and share your brilliance!Do your homework using Vault, Glassdoor, LinkedInSign up for MeetUp.com Get published on Scribd and SlideshareLine up freelance gigs on oDesk, Elance, etc.Clean up your Facebook profileCheck out new social media job tools (Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed.com, etc.)

65. Why LinkedIn is Awesome

66. Professional links

67. Career opportunities …

68. … and career path tools

71. Ch … ch … ch … changes!http://yir.linkedinlabs.com

72. Why Twitter is Awesome

73. Guinness World Records has confirmed that Sheen now holds the record for "the fastest time to reach 1 million followers on Twitter." Charlie's new record is "25 hours 17 minutes." He reached it between March 1 and 2.

74. Stage 4: “Um ... I might need a 12-step program!”Stage 3: “Oh, NOW I get it!”Stage 2: “Trying to figure it out.”Stage 1: “I don’t get it.”

75. It’s like a sticky note!… or a cocktail party!

76. Say what?!!?!?Marketing & AdvertisingBrandingSearchResearch & AnalysisSocial CRMTrendsMeasurementEvent Planning & ManagementBroadcast/ChannelCommunication & Dialog

77. Who to follow on Twitter?BrazenCareerist

78. MonsterCareers

79. CareerBuilder

80. SimplyHired

81. VaultCareers

82. NowHiringJobs

83. OnlineResume

84. CAREEREALISM

85. 360JobInterview

86. JobHuntOrg

87. CareerRocketeer

88. TheCareerKey

89. jobsearchninja

90. workforce101#TweetMyJobs

91. TweetMyJobs

92. Best Practices in Workforce Social Media

94. Most recommended …Door64.comGreenJOBS.proJibberJobber.comJobHunt.org (Twitter)JobsAssistant.netIndeed.comBetterJobsFaster.orgTweetMyJobs.comLinkedin.comHireway.com

95. Top 10 – WIBs/One StopsCreate a Facebook page (not a profile) for your officeEstablish and link a Meetup group for eventsGet your best communicators to blog, guest blog and ghost writeCreate a Twitter account, share info and job leadsSet up a YouTube channel for info sessions, tipsPublish meeting slides and materials on Slideshare and ScribdCreate and manage a LinkedIn group for employers/HR Use HootSuite to schedule, manage and track it allEstablish expertise by answering questions on Quora, LinkedIn, etc.Ensure that all social media is linked to/from your website

96. PolkWorks(Lakeland, Florida)www.facebook.com/pages/ Polk-Works/118288192030

97. Michigan Works! www.meetup.com/michiganworks

98. Illinois workNetwww.twitter.com/ILworkNet

99. @Work – WorkSource atworkjax.wordpress.com

100. Workforce Central Floridawww.youtube.com WORKFORCECENTRALFL

101. Quorawww.quora.com/Job-Search

102. Wrapping it all upIt’s not who you know, it’s who knows youWe’re all within six degrees of our next opportunity (and Kevin Bacon)Social media mirrors our own social instinctsStart somewhere … just take that first step:

103. 66STEVE URQUHARTEmail: steve@t21solutions.comTwitter: @workforce101Facebook: steveurquhartLinkedIn: in/steveurquhartwww.t21solutions.com

104. Back-Up

107. Social networks – old schoolIn centuries of technological innovation, the Internet and “Web 2.0” is the first one that creates groups!

108. Bulletin Board Service (BBS)Postal ServiceTelephone

109. LinkedInFacebookTwitter

110. Crowdsourcing … huh?Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.Jeff Howe, WIRED

111. It’s a trend, not a fad. (and it’s not a new idea)42 million “free agents” in US

112. Outsourcing currently $500 billion industry

113. Crowdsourcing matches that potentialThe Rise of Crowdsourcing Remember outsourcing? Sending jobs to India and China is so 2003. The new pool of labor: everyday people using their spare time to create content, solve problems, even do corporate R & D.