How to Use Social Media to Find a Job or Internship
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By @EmilyMiethner & @MarnySmith // @NYCinternz
Using Social Media to Find an Internship or Job
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About NY Creative Interns
NY Creative Interns is dedicated to enabling college students and recent grads to find internships, mentors, and inspiration through networking and meetups.
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About The Wix Lounge
The Wix Lounge is a free workspace for creative professionals. Come in for free coffee, wi-fi, couches, workshops and networking parties.
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About Us
• Emily Miethner– Co-Founder & President, NYCi– Social Media Coordinator, Sterling Publishing
• Marny Smith– Community Manager, NYCi– Customer Support Manager, ChallengePost
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SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE KEY TO MANY THINGS
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What’s Going On Tonight
• Tips for finding an internship or job through– Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogging
• Real life horror and success stories• Mingling
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FRwCs99DWg
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First and Foremost
• Assume everyone sees everything• Keep it professional• Know your industry• Experiment with many, be dedicated to
few
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• Social networking and microblogging service
• 1.6 billion search queries per day• 200 million users
Info via wikipedia
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• Write a Complete Bio– Your job, interests, hot link to your website, hashtags
you follow, a fun fact about you
• Retweet People You Want to Meet– Stay on people's radar by retweeting them and adding
comments. Don’t use the retweet button
• Use Lists– Great way to organize the people you are following
and get their attention
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• Use Search.Twitter.com– Find internships and jobs that may not be listed
anywhere else
• Use JobAmp.com (formerly TweetMyJobs.com)
– Choose the categories that you are interested in and then follow that Twitter handle for job listings
• Participate in Twitter Chats– Get job leads and gain professional contacts
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Twitter Chats
• #GenYJob: Our goal is to bring potential students of all ages with the resources and connections they need to make their college and career school dreams come true. When: Tuesdays: 10pm-11pm EST
• #InternChat: Chat about internships.When: Tuesdays: 7-8PM EST
• #HFChat: Weekly chat for job seekers & experts. Part of the #HireFriday community project.When: Fridays, 12-1pm EST
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DON’T LET SOCIAL MEDIA BITE YOU
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• Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social networking service
• 600 million active users• 138.9 million monthly unique U.S. visitors
in May 2011
Info via wikipedia
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• Clean up Your Profile– Check privacy settings, photos, and what people are
writing on your wall
• Like Company Fanpages– Engage with potential employers in smart ways
• Know your industry– Government and teaching positions may be different
then acting and graphic design
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DOUBLE THE OPPORTUNITIES
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• Business-related social networking site mainly used for professional networking.
• 100+ million registered users• 21.4 million monthly unique U.S. visitors
and 47.6 million globally.
Info via wikipedia
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• Profile Must Be 100% Complete– Professional photo, websites, recommendations,
keywords, skills
• Join Groups– Start with alumni groups and professional interests
• Search Job Listings– Look up the profile of the person with your dream job
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• Follow Companies– See where their employees are coming from
• Connect Twitter to LinkedIn– Optional: connect your Twitter to LinkedIn or use #in
• Use the Resume Builder– Make sure your resume and LinkedIn are the same:
http://resume.linkedinlabs.com/
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TELL YOUR STORY
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Blogging
• Tumblr– Easy set up, automatic community, artsy
• Wordpress– Highly customizable, SEO friendly
• Flavors.me / About.me– Landing page for all social sites
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Blogging
• Blog about…– Your internship– Class projects– The industry you want to be in– Events and meetups you attend– Goals– Peanut Butter
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Real Life Horror/Success Stories
• Google’s party background check– It’s not just what you post on Facebook…
• Getting in the door before the interview– Tweeting beyond my resume…
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Resources
• http://nycreativeinterns.com/resources• http://twitter.com/NYCinternz/listings• http://bit.ly/massivetwitterchatlist• http://www.linkedin.com/skills• http://www.linkedin.com/answers• http://resume.linkedinlabs.com• http://www.linkedin.com/studentjobs• bit.ly/sreejobs• http://mashable.com/2011/06/19/get-job-using-social-media• http://jobsearch.about.com/od/networking/a/socialmedia.htm• http://emilymiethner.com/2010/08/how-to-build-a-portfolio-website
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Resources (con’t)
• http://www.brazencareerist.com• http://www.youtern.com• http://www.internships.com• http://www.comerecommended.com• http://www.getgi.gs• http://urbaninterns.com• www.jobamp.com• http://www.branchout.com
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Questions?
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