http://mashable.com/2013/05/18/instagram-job-offer/
http://mashable.com/2013/05/18/millennials-jobs/
more about employing social media
<div style=”margin-bottom:5px”> <strong> <a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/MikeQuinlan2/social-final” title=”Employing social media” target=”_blank”>Employing social media</a> </strong> from <strong><a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/MikeQuinlan2″ target=”_blank”>Mike Quinlan</a></strong> </div>
The evolving role of social media in today’s job market. (VT version)
I asked some local professionals about social media and their experience with social media and got some really good tips and advice and perspective for today’s job hunter.
3 popular social networking sites that recruiters use to new find talent
Social recruiting has been on the rise for a least the last 5 years alongside the growth in usage of social media by everyone. With that trend the old thought of a job seeker beating the street and knocking on doors with a paper resume has transitioned into Continue reading
Try a creative approach to your resume by using a SlideShare presentation
Move away from self preservation to self presentation.
SlideShare is a media sharing site that allows you (as the name and tagline suggests) to create slide show style presentations that you can share on SlideShare.net or the presentation can be easily embedded into your website or blog. You can also share your presentations on all of the popular social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, in addition to providing viewing capabilities for mobile devices. In the scenario of an employment search, it can be another very powerful social media tool to utilize for Continue reading
3 More social media preparations for getting hired…
My last blog post, Screen your social media before your future employer does outlined ways to monitor and cleanup your social media presence to prepare for getting started on your job search. Now it is time to mention some of the social media tools that you can use to optimize your online search for your future job and give you the edge that you need to Continue reading
Screen your social media before your future employer does.
Let’s face it, social media has become part of our daily lives and has evolved the way people act and think. It has also changed the ways a person looks for a job as well as how businesses recruit and hire new employees. If you are searching for a new job it is important to take into consideration how you represent yourself through your social media networks to make sure you make it to your next interview, because how you market yourself is part of the hiring process and a lot of companies currently recruit and screen prospective employees. According to a 2012 survey from Careerbuilder.com “nearly two in five companies (37 percent) use social networking sites to research job candidates” and “eleven percent report they do not currently use social media to screen, but plan to start”. When looking at today’s competitive job market and the growth in social media usage these numbers will to continue to grow as businesses strive to keep up with the times in finding new ways to find the perfect candidate.
In order to be ready to land that next job let’s start with the first preparation to before you put your name out there…
Start with Continue reading
A look at Today’s job market and the growth of social media
While a lot of the Country is arguably still lingering in the shadow of the recession that started in December, 2007, the economic news has seemingly continued to bounce sporadically between stagnant and modest job growth. This has inevitably left the Continue reading
Employing Social Media 