Best social media strategy to find good paying careers
In part 1 of "How You Can Find A Job In The Fastest Growing Occupations Using Social Media: 11 Smart Tips For Using Social Media To Find A
Job—Even In This Economy,” we talked about what networks to use and how
to let people know you are looking for a job. All these are required for guerrilla marketing of your amazing resume
Today, you will discover how to safely network on Facebook, find information on hiring managers, correctly hyperlink to your resume, strategically use Facebook lists and more.
Are you ready to find a secure job among the fastest growing occupations in today’s job market?
Then let’s get started…
3. Don’t Be Afraid To Network On Facebook
Much of your Facebook profile is public by default, and you probably don’t want a potential employer browsing your personal updates. Under Account, then Privacy Settings, choose “Friends Only.” That way, an employer who Googles you won’t be able to see the details of your profile, your photos, or your personal status updates.
4. Make Sure Your Facebook Profile Is Private
One way to ensure employers can’t snoop when you are using social media to find a job is to keep your Facebook profile as private as you can. First, run a quick Google search to make sure your profile no longer pops up in association with your name. If it does, you can make your profile unreachable by search engines by clicking on the “Ads, Apps, and Websites” option under “Privacy settings.” Edit your settings under the “Public search” category.
Consider restricting who can send you friend requests, and keep your phone number and email address limited to only friends. You can also restrict who sends you messages and who can see what others post on your timeline — choose from pre-determined options or customize it to specifically block this information from those who you may have friends for professional reasons.
5. Find Information About Hiring Managers
Alison Green from Ask a Manager believes the job interview starts at the first email. Hence, job seekers using social media to find a job should try to get the name of the hiring manager through one of their social networks first, then direct calling to the office, using Hoover’s, trade publications or from the listing of senior managers.
Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., creative director and associate publisher of Quintessential Careers posted an extremely valuable article “Sleuthing Out Hiring Managers is Key to Job-Search Follow-up” on her blog.
You can also refer to Alison’s full article on “21 Things Hiring Managers Wish You Knew”
A proper social media strategy & marketing is very important along with an amazing resume.
6. Hyperlink Your Resume
When using social media to find a job in one of the fastest growing occupations, you should link to your Twitter, Facebook & other publications on your resume, so that the hiring manager can easily learn more about you from social media.
Add the URL for your Twitter handle and LinkedIn profile to your contact information on your resume. (But don’t add your Facebook profile, since that’s private.) Not only does this offer the employer another way of getting in touch with you and seeing how you interact online, it also shows that you’re social media-savvy, a skill valued by many employers
7. Be Strategic With Facebook Lists
Facebook’s list feature allows you to continue building your network without worrying about professional contacts seeing your personal updates. Under Account, then Friends, create a new list, and customize your privacy settings so professional friends can only see what you want them to see. That way your close friends can still keep up with your photos and personal updates even though you are still using social media to get a job.
If you have read How You Can Find The Fastest Growing Occupations Using Social Media: 11 Smart Tips For Using Social Media To Find A Job—Even In This Economy Parts 1 & 2, then congratulations, you have now gotten 7 of the 11 top tips for finding a job with social media.
In part 3 ( How I find best career for me using social media) , we will cover the last 4 points: How to create the connections you need, how to use the search engines to get Google love, how to get in on Twitter industry chats, and the Internet’s best sites for job seekers.
Check it out now!
Related articles : job interview tips
Today, you will discover how to safely network on Facebook, find information on hiring managers, correctly hyperlink to your resume, strategically use Facebook lists and more.
Are you ready to find a secure job among the fastest growing occupations in today’s job market?
Then let’s get started…
3. Don’t Be Afraid To Network On Facebook
Much of your Facebook profile is public by default, and you probably don’t want a potential employer browsing your personal updates. Under Account, then Privacy Settings, choose “Friends Only.” That way, an employer who Googles you won’t be able to see the details of your profile, your photos, or your personal status updates.
4. Make Sure Your Facebook Profile Is Private
One way to ensure employers can’t snoop when you are using social media to find a job is to keep your Facebook profile as private as you can. First, run a quick Google search to make sure your profile no longer pops up in association with your name. If it does, you can make your profile unreachable by search engines by clicking on the “Ads, Apps, and Websites” option under “Privacy settings.” Edit your settings under the “Public search” category.
Consider restricting who can send you friend requests, and keep your phone number and email address limited to only friends. You can also restrict who sends you messages and who can see what others post on your timeline — choose from pre-determined options or customize it to specifically block this information from those who you may have friends for professional reasons.
5. Find Information About Hiring Managers
Alison Green from Ask a Manager believes the job interview starts at the first email. Hence, job seekers using social media to find a job should try to get the name of the hiring manager through one of their social networks first, then direct calling to the office, using Hoover’s, trade publications or from the listing of senior managers.
Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., creative director and associate publisher of Quintessential Careers posted an extremely valuable article “Sleuthing Out Hiring Managers is Key to Job-Search Follow-up” on her blog.
You can also refer to Alison’s full article on “21 Things Hiring Managers Wish You Knew”
A proper social media strategy & marketing is very important along with an amazing resume.
6. Hyperlink Your Resume
When using social media to find a job in one of the fastest growing occupations, you should link to your Twitter, Facebook & other publications on your resume, so that the hiring manager can easily learn more about you from social media.
Add the URL for your Twitter handle and LinkedIn profile to your contact information on your resume. (But don’t add your Facebook profile, since that’s private.) Not only does this offer the employer another way of getting in touch with you and seeing how you interact online, it also shows that you’re social media-savvy, a skill valued by many employers
7. Be Strategic With Facebook Lists
Facebook’s list feature allows you to continue building your network without worrying about professional contacts seeing your personal updates. Under Account, then Friends, create a new list, and customize your privacy settings so professional friends can only see what you want them to see. That way your close friends can still keep up with your photos and personal updates even though you are still using social media to get a job.
If you have read How You Can Find The Fastest Growing Occupations Using Social Media: 11 Smart Tips For Using Social Media To Find A Job—Even In This Economy Parts 1 & 2, then congratulations, you have now gotten 7 of the 11 top tips for finding a job with social media.
In part 3 ( How I find best career for me using social media) , we will cover the last 4 points: How to create the connections you need, how to use the search engines to get Google love, how to get in on Twitter industry chats, and the Internet’s best sites for job seekers.
Check it out now!
Related articles : job interview tips
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