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Harness social media to land your dream job
For anyone looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or just setting up for future success, social media sites are proven platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing the job. Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies enables you to harness the power of the Internet to research and identify job opportunities, and then create a strategy for securing a position.
Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies features in-depth coverage of topics such as: creating effective online profiles and resumes to sell your strengths; maintaining your online reputation (and ensuring that employers who Google you like what they find) and understanding electronic etiquette; using the power of personal branding and building your brand online; avoiding common pitfalls, such as jumping into filling out a social media profile without a strategy; getting to know Twitter, the only real-time job board with literally thousands of jobs posted daily; using social media sites to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market" ahead of the competition; and much more.
- Shows you how to easily harness social media sites
- Advice on how to brand yourself online
- Covers all of the latest and most popular social media sites: Google, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more
If you're a recent graduate, changing careers, or have been away from the job-search scene for a while, turn to the trusted guidance and expert insight of Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #72596 in Books
- Published on: 2011-09-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.00" h x 7.48" w x 9.18" l, 1.34 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 360 pages
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Use social media to land your dream job
If you're looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or preparing to re-enter the job market after being out of it for several years, you need to take advantage of social media for the best results. Social media sites are proven platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing jobs. But how to get started? The answers await you in Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies.
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Put social networking to work for you — get a crash course on how social media has changed the job search spectrum and get a refresher on online networking basics
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Make your mark — discover the importance of personal branding and how to best promote and communicate your message online
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Out with the old-school résumé — find out why creating a complete profile on LinkedIn is so important and get easy-to-follow guidance on updating your résumé for an online audience
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Get social — understand how to use Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites in new ways to make connections you never dreamed possible
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Be proactive — find opportunities and companies of interest and make connections with decision makers
Open the book and find:
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Why having an online presence is so important
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Advice on increasing your online visibility
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Tips on how to manage youronline reputation
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Ways to customize your online résumé
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The best ways to engage with hiring managers through social media
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Ten common mistakes job seekers make with social media (and how to avoid them)
Learn to:
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Harness the power of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and more to propel your job search
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Make your online profiles work for you so that opportunities knock at your door
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Create a winning strategy for securing a position
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Build your personal brand online to truly stand out from the crowd
About the Author
Joshua Waldman, MBA, teaches technology and marketing skills that help job seekers get noticed. He founded the website CareerEnlightenment.com, whose content has been featured on top career sites such as Careerrealism.com, Brazen Careerist, and Media Bistro.
Most helpful customer reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Explains Job Search Secrets to Today's Essential "Social Search"
By S. Whitcomb
A recent JobVite Social Networking Survey notes that 89% of recruiters recruit via social networks, and 64% use two or more networks in their searches. Job seekers without a savvy social media strategy are playing Russian roulette with their search. This book lays out how to assemble and execute that strategy, clearly and cleanly, so you can be competitive and cut-short your job search. I'm grateful to have it on my desk as a reference/resource for my fellow career coaches and job seekers!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies
By Jean Chapin
Clearly written - practical ideas - with this book, the confusing world of social media is simplified.
As an older person, trying to maximize the potential for success in finding employment, I found this an easy to understand guide to how to use things like facebook, twitter, linked in, etc. Age related negatives are addressed directly and honestly. Concerns and fears are addressed as well. This is a whole new world for so many of us and this book really helped me understand it better.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Covers Everything You Need to Know For Leveraging Social Media During Your Job Search
By T. Elwell
For the last six months I have been studying personal branding and online reputation management and their best practices. Obviously, I was intrigued by this book when it came out and decided to see what it was all about. I know Joshua and know that he is very knowledgeable in the world of Job Search and Social media- but I have to say that he has really outdone himself with this book. Not only does it help readers establish a personal brand, but it gives them the information they need to leverage social media in a way that will help them instead of hurt them. He provides incredible tools that give you a better understanding of the world of personal branding and even goes as far as to list off the common mistakes that people make while using social media (trust me, more people make these mistakes than you can imagine).
If you're entering the job market for the first time as a college graduate, entering it again because of the job market, or simply looking for a new job and do not have a personal brand or know what social media is- I recommend Joshua's book as the first thing you should read to get you started.
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