The Job Search Strategy, Reconsidered
While monitoring a lot of chatter on Twitter recently regarding the usage by companies of social networking to fill jobs, something struck me that I had not processed previously: not everyone is doing it!
But what does this mean for you as a possible job candidate? For one, don’t exclusively use social networking to find your next position. Yes, social networking is important to get you in contact with the right person/people within organizations. However, you still need to continue to use more traditional job searching tools.
Assessing Your Personal Brand: Personal Branding Metrics
Keeping tabs on your personal brand and your reach are important when you consider your current strategy and what you need to revise going forward. Simple assessments of your personal brand are easy with a few tools to use each day that will allow you to gain a base level and easily track future progression.
Social Media Strategy – Old Tools in an Evolving World
I recently listened to an ERE social media presentation which was presented by Penelope Trunk. I thought the vast majority of the presentation was excellent, with great insight and interesting thoughts on social media as a whole.
I always try to leave a presentation with one or two items that stand out and leave me with something to build off of. In this case, I walked away with two topics on which I did not agree with Penelope’s feedback. Now I hope to provide you with my thoughts on the issues.
Be Heard but don’t be a Jerk: Work on Your Personal Brand – Master the Casual Conversation
Working on your personal brand should be fun. This should be an ongoing activity, and not a chore to accomplish.
So, as you work each day on making the best impression, networking and building relationships with others, there may be a few things that slip into your conversation that you should really try to avoid.
Job Search Tips – How to Use Twitter Lists to Find a Job
What started out as the new shiny e-toy is slowly going the way of the quickly forgotten fad. Twitter lists were and are an incredible tool and were hugely accepted when they were unveiled. However, most people, after setting up a few lists, moved on to another shiny toy without giving it much thought. But Twitter lists are still an ideal way to better organize followers into people of interest, sports related, city related, geography related and even a category for your career search.
Personal Brand Management – Use the Ongoing Personal Brand Review
It is easy to say that engagement and value is the essence of social networking, but it truly is the case. The more you provide helpful tips, recommendations, and insightful posts the more you will be at the top of others’ minds. Personal branding is a hotly discussed topic but it is one that affords you the ability to take ownership of your career direction.
Job Search Tips – How To Use Facebook as a Job Search Help
Yes, all the hype is around Twitter and LinkedIn over the best ways to find a new job these days. But, I still think that Facebook is highly underutilized in the job search. And with the Facebook community being the 3rd largest country in the world, why not look to start here instead?
Personal Brand Management – How To Avoid a Negative Personal Brand on Twitter
Here’s a rule which you hopefully have picked up from this blog already: Don’t post something online, under your own name or pseudonym, that you wouldn’t feel comfortable saying in an interview. Because odds are, your interviewer will find what you say online, and you will be held accountable for it.
LinkedIn, meet Twitter: What it Means for Your Personal Brand
The integration of LinkedIn and Twitter may not a perfect solution for reaching both audiences in an ideal manner, but it definitely can work well depending on how you choose to use it. What this integration continues to reinforce is that you must be very smart with what information you choose to publish online and to what audience.
