The Road to Successful Social Networking
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#The Road to Successful Social Networking St. Lawrence College Career Services shared a presentation.
Transcript of The Road to Successful Social Networking
#The Road to Successful Social Networking
St. Lawrence College Career Services shared a presentation.
• What is social media?• Fun Facts• Secrets to getting your next job using social media• Social Media etiquette• Safe use of Social Media• Common mistakes
What You’ll Learn from this Slideshow:
What is Social Media?
Social media is media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media uses web-based technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue.
Social media is comprised of:• Blogs• Twitter• Facebook• LinkedIn
LinkedInEstablish your professional profile
LinkedIn search results rise to the top of Google searches.Stay in touch
Your address book will never go out of date. Your contacts update their own profiles.Find Experts and ideas
LinkedIn Search lets you explore the broader network by name, title, company, location, and other keywords that will help you find the knowledge you’re looking for.
Explore opportunitiesLinkedIn connects you to jobs, sales leads and ideal business partners.
Should or Shouldn’t I Join?
Y O U S H O U L D ! Just look at the numbers:
• Facebook has 500 million members. • Twitter has over 145 million registered
users.• LinkedIn has more than 100 million.
If you play your cards right and connect with the right people, you’ll be well on your way to
career success!
• According to a Jobvite survey last summer, 92% of those hiring in 2010 said they would use or plan to use social networking in their recruiting efforts.
• By 2010 Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers….96% of them have joined a social network .
• Over 80% of companies use LinkedIn as a primary tool to find employees.
• The second largest search engine in the world is YouTube.• About every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.• More than 1.5 million pieces of content (web links, news
stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) are shared on Facebook…daily.
• Twitter gets more than 300,000 new users every day.• Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are on LinkedIn.• Recruiters account for 1-in-20 LinkedIn profiles.
Did You Know?
Source
6 Secrets to getting your next job using social media…
1. Conduct a people search instead of a job search.
2. Use attraction based marketing3. Be pro-active on Twitter4. Capitalize on LinkedIn5. Construct a video resume on YouTube6. Subscribe to Blogs that have job listings
10 Things your Parents Told you that Still Apply to Social Media
• How would you feel if someone did that to you?• Are you going out looking like that?• If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say it at all!• Don’t play with fire.• If you go crossed-eyed and the wind changes, it’ll
be permanent.• Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?• Everything in Moderation• Think before you Speak.• Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.• Go clean your Room!
Find a Job on Social Media!Twitter SLC Career Services
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Facebook SLC Career Services Queen’s – Kingston Opportunities Kingston is Hiring Employment Services St. Lawrence College
LinkedIn Search company or staff (ensure settings are open to employment opportunities)
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