Using social media to land a job

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With the openness of social web and the power of networking, social media has become the new Word-of-Mouth!! But is it different than all that we have experienced so far in our lives, where many of us have found jobs by talking to friends and family members? Well, you might already be using one or two social tools to network and search jobs. But having a strategy in place to show your expertise and passion in what you do, can attract recruiters before you even apply for a job! Here is the strategy in using social media to land your next great position. Remember 2 out of 3 Companies are to expand Social Recruiting in 2014! That means more recruiters are going to be searching for you on social media. So let’s have a game plan!

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Talent Management Professional (Telecom Industry)

Author at Your HR Buddy

Co-host of DriveThruHR, HR’s #1 Daily Radio Show

Founder & Host, India HR LIVE TV

Contributing author at SHRM’s @WeKnowNext & @WomenofHR

About Me – Nisha Raghavan

WELCOME!!

Nisharaghavan

Social Media to land your next great position!

Build your Brand + Connect + Engage

SEO- Own your Name!!

Optimize your LinkedIn Profile- Use targeted keywords

Be the real you!!

•What do you want to be known for?• Be authentic• Share your interests & passion along with your expertise• Grow your personal brand with your content strategy on every social platform

Not this real!!

Meet where the Recruiters are!!

Meet where the Recruiters are!!

Meet where the Recruiters are!!

•Focus on quality of your engagement

•Not a tool to broadcast but to build relationships

•Blend your professional and personal lives together

•Establish a social media brand voice

•Listen regularly for latest trends & share your

thoughts

•Use & Follow hashtags to know about your industry

•Add to trending topics where relevant

Engage

Twitter third party tools

•Bit.ly – URL shortener and tracker

•TweetDeck.com – Great tool for twitter chats

•Hootsuite.com – Free tool to schedule tweets and

updates but not that good in analytics

•Sprout Social- Paid tool to schedule tweets, measure

your reach and get insights

By HRMarketer.com

Create a sphere of Influencers

Top HR/Recruiting twitter chats

#Nextchat #Tchat

#Jobhuntchat#dthr

#careerchat #Peoplechat

Top HR/Recruiting Hashtags

#HR #SHRM

#Hrblogs #Recruiting

#Socialrecruiting #work #dthr #Tchat

#Hrtech #Recruit

#Hrhappyhour

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