The hiring process for jobs and internships is changing. More and more employers are turning to social media to filter and find the best applicants and a new infographic from Online Colleges sheds some light on how employers are using social media in their hiring process and how job and internship seekers can use sites like Facebook and LinkedIn to their advantage.
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These days more and more job hunters are turning to social media to find work and a new infographic that compiles data from Jobvite, LinkedIn, CNN, and JobSearch reveals just how prevalent social media job searching has become.
These days social media is creeping into all areas of our lives, from our friendships to our job, which is why the traditional paper resume is no longer relevant. Today your resume needs an update to fit with this new social lifestyle.
This is why you aren’t getting a new job. It really is your own fault. Fortunately, there’s a solution.
We’ve come across 5 more social job search tools that will help you find employment, so you can start looking for your dream job today.
Whether you’re a grad fresh out of college, recently unemployed or looking to completely change your career, social media is rich with job search tools to help you find your perfect fit. Social media tools offer networking capabilities, personal brand management and instant connection to employers and job posting – three things that are key to a successful job search. We’ve compiled a list of our top 20 social media tools for your job search, so you can land your dream job.
As unemployment rates rise over 9% and job search results are down, everyone and their mother’s managers are on LinkedIn trying to social network their way to a new career opportunity.
Except the rest of us think the site is like Facebook’s online schmooze fest and that jobs are going to clutter our home page as do mundane status updates, revealing photos, and odd quiz results. “Not so,” says Lindsey Pollak, LinkedIn Campus Spokesperson and author of Getting from College to Career. Pollak says, “The biggest mistake people make is that they join LinkedIn, and expect it to work for them like magic. It’s a tool and you have to work it to make it work for you.”
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We’ve seen so many social networks launch in the past four years, it makes even my head spin. But one key differentiating factor between many of the peripheral social networks and the major players like Facebook is the actual ability to network. Socially.
The benefits of social networking (with a purpose) began to come into focus when MySpace musicians found they could connect with each other and audiences on a professional level. And when it comes to social networking for the rest of the professionals out there, LinkedIn is the place to go. Even though Facebook hasn’t always had the best format for direct networking with the purpose of finding a job, it’s still very useful for this objective. So now that millions of people across the U.S. are in need of a job, no thanks to our current economic crisis, many are turning to Facebook and LinkedIn for recommendations and job leads.
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