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The Successful Social Media Resume

April 22, 2011 by Hillary O'Keefe
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You are clearly cut out for a career in social media marketing, but is your resume ready to get potential employers talking about you? This top-to-bottom guide will help you craft the perfect career-launching social media resume. [read more]

How Social Media Can Get You a Job

January 13, 2011 by Tracy Gold
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How to use social media in the job search--what to do and what not to do to seize the job with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. [read more]

A Cup of Coffee to “Personal Branding for Job Search Success”

August 15, 2010 by Daniel Schawbel
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I got a sneak peek of Joshua Waldman’s newest ebook, “Personal Branding for Job Search Success.” Joshua is the founder of career consulting agency, Career Enlightenment.  As an author, speaker, trainer and consultant, Joshua teaches technology skills that help businesses grow and job seekers get noticed. Joshua writes, “The... [read more]

How to Use Twitter for Job Search

July 9, 2010 by Saqib Imran
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Short status updates or messages on twitter which we call tweet are gaining much popularity on the net than ever before. People are using it to stay in touch with their friends, celebrities, or even if they want to be in touch with the latest updates on a website. It has also proven to be a very successful tool for driving traffic to... [read more]

The 5 Best Ways to Use Twitter for Your Job Search

June 30, 2010 by Chris Perry
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Twitter can be a tremendous, fast moving tool in your Job Search Toolbox. Here are 5 ways to get the most out of it.1. Follow and read job search experts. The amount of excellent ideas, tips, leads, news, informative articles, and best practices going by all day long is amazing. Use Twellow’s directory for Employment > Career > Job... [read more]

Using Social Forensics to Evaluate Job Candidates

June 2, 2010 by SteveKing1
with 2,664 views
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It's no surprise that companies use social media to research job candidates.  A recent survey by Microsoft confirms this, showing that 70% of recruiters and hiring managers use social media to review online information about potential hires.    Fortune Magazine, in their article How LinkedIn Will Fire Up Your... [read more]

HOW TO: Write Your 60-Second Elevator Pitch

February 22, 2010 by Dan Schawbel
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Everyone (myself included) is telling you to go out there and network. But, what do you plan to say to people while you're networking? (For the uninitiated, networking is not merely retaining as many business cards as possible from other people in the span of an hour.) Who are you? This is the first question you should ask yourself when... [read more]

The Art of the PR Job Hunt

October 6, 2009 by Peter Himler
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Last week I was invited to City College of New York to talk about "career paths in social media." I ended up dwelling on career paths in public relations, under which social media most often resides. My co-presenter was the very capable Nadina Guglielmetti (say that three times fast!), who leads Wag-Ed's digital consulting practice in... [read more]

Tips For Using Social Media in Your Job Search

June 17, 2009 by Michael Fauscette
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I'm not a recruiter, HR executive or personal branding "expert". For most of my career I've been either a hiring manager and at times a job seeker. From that perspective I want to share with you some ideas on using social tools to rev up your job search and give you some insight from the hiring side of the desk. No discussion on this... [read more]

How to be “found” by recruiters

April 7, 2009 by DanRyanTn
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I spoke to a group of career seekers last evening and one of the items discussed was how to be “found” by recruiters.  I mentioned many things-a few are shown below:Have a completed profile on LinkedIn.  LI is  the first stop I now make for talentBe a part of a group or association in your profession.  Association... [read more]

Build a LinkedIN Profile That You Can be Proud Of!

June 9, 2008 by Phil Rosenberg
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If you are looking for a job, you should count on employers looking for your LinkedIN profile. It's becoming a business standard to check people out online before hiring them, whether doing a Google search or looking them up on LinkedIN or Facebook.Are you searching for a job with a bland or empty LinkedIN profile? What does that say... [read more]

Job board for social media analysis

February 6, 2008 by Nathan Gilliatt
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I'm trying a new experiment, and I'm interested in your reaction. I've been publishing news from social media analysis companies for a while, and I occasionally hear about jobs they want to fill. So I've set up a job board to focus on social media jobs, especially jobs in social media analysis. jobs.net-savvy.com Listings are normally $... [read more]

Job hunting and speed dating

December 20, 2007 by Angelo Fernando
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A WIRED story about the web 2.0 speed dating sites reminded me about the value of instant, real time feedback in another type of courtship: Job hunting. Unlike the old days of waiting for the newspaper to land on your doorstep, faxing your resume to the “black hole” and waiting a week or so for a recruiter to call, we are... [read more]

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