Using Social Media to Find a Job
Many of us spend a lot of time online whether it’s on Facebook, Twitter, or on our blog. Why not put that time to even a better use. I have a couple of links here that you can use to either find a job using different social media sites or strengthen your resume.
7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media
This first article is from Mashable. Mashable usually have great articles and these “secrets” that the author gives are more like tips. Regardless, they are helpful and if you aren’t taking advantage of them than you are missing out.
HOW TO: Build the Ultimate Social Media Resume
Another article from Mashable from the same author as the one above. The best tips in the article are the last two: integrate your social network profiles and make your resume shareable. There are quite a few social network aggregator s (which I will post a list of tomorrow) which let you easily integrate them. The author also gives a few examples of social media resumes so you can get a good idea on how to do it.
Using Social Media to Find a Job in a Down Economy
Obviously this isn’t the best economy to find a job but using social media can make it a lot easier. Basically the old adage of “it’s not what you know, but who you know” applies here. So get out there and network!
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Mar 3rd, 2009