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Social Media & The Job Hunt

Messiah UMC Jobs Ministry

+Online Presence & Your Job Hunt

+Social Media Etiquette & Your Job Hunt

LinkedIn Strong headline Honesty Personalize communications when seeking a connection Appropriate status updates Follow Group posting rules

Twitter Follow like minded people Ask questions & reply (Share) Beware of overload

Follow similar etiquette on Facebook and other social media sites.

+Twitter & Your Job Hunt

Link to your Resume

Follow Companies

Follow Recruiting Firms

Follow industry publications

Research interviewers

Stay informed about Job Hunting Trends

Things to do….

+A Personal Blog & Your Job Hunt

Improve your standing in search results

Show your interest in professional topics

Extends your professional brand

How a blog can help…

+Facebook & Your Job Hunt

Keep it clean

“Like” Companies

Follow News Sites

Let friends know you are job hunting

+SlideShare: The Social Resume

• www.slideshare.net• Search-friendly

resume – Google• Linking options:

• Web pages• Facebook• Twitter• LinkedIn

• Also good for portfolio pieces

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LinkedIn

+LinkedIn & Your Job Hunt

Present a professional online presence with your background, experience, and skills available 24/7 to over 115 million people.

Broadcast you are looking for a job.

Conduct a passive job hunt (just in case).

Find out where people with your background, experience, and skills are working.

Follow companies & learn about new contract wins & hiring.

Find out about the hiring manager.

+Anatomy of a LinkedIn Profile

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+Skills

+Seeking LinkedIn Connections

Via address book, company, or group

Current and former colleagues

Recruiters

Professional Contacts

+LinkedIn Inbox

+LinkedIn Recommendations

Recruiters do look at the recommendation

Ask current and former clients, co-workers, colleagues, and even managers Sometimes cultural

Be judicious and honest when giving them

Get Them. Give Them. Manage Them

+Extend Your LinkedIn Profile: Applications

+Extend Your LinkedIn Profile: Publications

+Extend Your LinkedIn Profile: Volunteer Work Experience

+Follow Companies

+LinkedIn Groups

+Job Hunting on LinkedIn

Job Postings in GroupsSearch for groups dealing with your

industry

Search for Jobs Feature

+Proper Care & Feeding Of Your LinkedIn Profile

Revise your summary and experience as it changes.

Extend your network.

Seek out and give recommendations.

Publish your Twitter feed (if beneficial)

Publish blog posts (if beneficial)

+Social Media and Today’s Job Hunt

Online Presence is a must now.

Even after you get the job, then it is time to start the passive job hunt.

Social media sites like LinkedIn are now the first stop for many recruiters

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Questions?

Will Kellywtkelly@gmail.com@willkelly/@messiahumcjobswww.linkedin.com/in/willkellyMessiahumcjobs.wordpress.com