SOCIAL NETWORKING YOUR WAY INTO A JOB AND CAREER
Social Media is an outstanding tool and can help you find a job as well as connect with people who can assist you in finding a job and growing your career. However, you must be careful and consider what you should and shouldn't do.
WARNING: Social Media can be an ax that cuts both ways. When used the wrong way, Social Media can backfire and jeopardize your current job or even a job offer.
Used right, social-networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter are essentially a fancy, online address book that allows you to see what your contacts are doing and connect to their contacts. This medium allows you to quickly expand your reach, putting you in touch with industry allies and hiring managers around the block or miles from home and in different companies and verticals. It’s also an easy place to track relationships and promote yourself to a willing audience. Don’t have time to play silly games with your social network? Neither do I – but there’s no need to! Whether you’ve never logged on to a social network or you’re ready to hone your professional edge online, the articles in this section will tell you exactly what you need from social-networking – and what you don’t.
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Simple Tools to Monitor What People Say About You and/or Your Company Online
What are people saying about you, your business, your brand, or your products? Check out these simple tools to stay on top of social media mention.
The social media explosion generates an overwhelming flow of information. Fortunately, most of it you can choose to ignore — except what people say about you and your business. That you never can choose to ignore. To make it easier, there are simple tools you can use to monitor social media and keep track of what people say about you, your competitors, your industry, or any other topic you want to follow. Recently Leslie Lee, an associate at the public relations and social media agency Inkhouse, put together a comprehensive list of social media monitoring tools. Here are several I tried based on her recommendations: TweetDeck. TweetDeck sorts social media mentions by keywords, twitter handles, hashtags… a number of options. Keep in mind searching for popular topics is like turning on a fire hose of information but, unless you’re Lady Gaga, monitoring your mentions should be manageable. . .
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Use Gen Y workers' social media savvy to help your company - Get yourself connected: on the inside
If you want to make the most of Gen Y, you may have to learn to internalize your Tweeting...
It’s hard to keep up with social media these days. Just when you thought you’d caught up – with the departmental blog, the Twitter, the Foursquare and the Bubblemint (which we just made up), here comes Advanced Workplace Associates with a study of 19 blue-chip companies ¬- including Barclays, Microsoft, Tesco and Pfizer - and some bad news: you may be guilty of cutting off talented Gen Y types from their natural habitat. That doesn’t mean companies should draft in kids to sit round the office drinking cider, rapping and playing LA Noire. Gen Yers ‘live their lives on smart-phones and networking on Facebook,’ according to AWA MD Andrew Mawson, ‘but large organizations that deprive this group of social networking tools deprive them of a key tool for success.’ There’s clearly something in the water. Last week, consultant Able & How and Red Sky Vision released a film featuring interviews with various industry bods, including MT contributing editor Stefan Stern, talking about the same thing. The film cites a figure from Melcrum that only 7% of business users admit to integrating social media into their wider marketing strategy. ‘Whole generations of staff are side stepping the organization
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Networking - People You MUST Have In Your Network
by Tai Goodwin of CAREEREALISM
Networking to Find a Job? You know it is important to have the 2 Q’s as you build out your network: Quality and Quantity. But have you considered the importance of having a well-rounded network?
In this labor market, having a strong network is critical to your professional survival. There are plenty of tips and articles on where to find people, how and when to connect to them and even what you need to say to attract and maintain your network. This article focuses on WHO should be in your network. Here are the top 10 people that should be in your network:
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Around the Web:
Job-Hunting Tools
Social-networking reference materials
for your job search
If the Web has transformed the way you do your job, you can bet your bottom dollar it has changed the way you find a job. At its most basic, the Web is an encyclopedia of reference material to help you educate yourself about your intended market, region or company. If you’re ready to take a more-active role online, you can employ some of the contact and social-networking tools to manage your contacts and relationships as you hunt for work. And for the creative and brave, the Web offers a route to promote yourself in a way a paper resume can't.
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Social Networking:How To Social NetworkYour Way into a Job
by By Karen Noonan, TradePub.com
Networking is a crucial component of any job search. And today's socia networking technology makes it easier than ever to network your way into the job of your dreams.
Many companies are employing social media as a means to market their products. And just as they are relying on blogs, wikis, forums, and social networking to pitch their news, they are starting look at how job seekers pitch themselves via these channels. (To learn more about how companies are taking advantage of social media, download 12 Essential Tips for Success in Social Media" for free here".)Use these tips to ping, tweet, poke, and post your way into your dream job or a new career.
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