Some folks don’t’ believe in the Hype of Online Reputation and its impact on job search.
Join the discussion at Online Reputation is Bull Shit.
People are addicted to Social Media. I would call it as truly “marketing porn.”
Hey, let’s look at the facts:
Many people respond to it irrationally.
Look at it ALL day. Why not use it to your advantage? Like using Social Media to find a job?
Today I’ came across this article in Time How to Shape your Facebook Profile for Job Search.
Quick Summary
In 2011 found that 84% of job seekers had profiles on Facebook and 63% of them were actively searching for jobs.
A total of 18.4 million Americans, in fact, have credited Facebook as the source that led to their current job.
Think of your Facebook profile as an extension of your resume. It needn’t be overly polished or portray you as a workaholic, and it certainly shouldn’t come off as fake or contrived.
73% don’t give applicants an opportunity to address racy, odd, or otherwise questionable information gathered via social media sites, says the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). More likely: The job candidate is simply eliminated from the hiring process.
Tips to use Facebook for Job Search
Sign up and be active. Having a Facebook account is standard nowadays. If you don’t have an account, then you won’t appear relevant to employers in many industries
Shape your profile according to the top five personality traits.
Add professional networking applications to your Facebook profile. Many services allow users to tap into their Facebook networks to reveal job opportunities
Review your privacy settings and limit old status updates. Just about everyone has the new Facebook “Timeline” profile now. With Timeline, all of your old status updates, photos and videos are now searchable by your friends and possibly the public at large.
Promote yourself and share professional-related content. One of the benefits of the new Timeline profiles is that you can choose a background image.
What Can you Do?
Believe it or not, employer are going to search your name and scan your social media profiles.
As the article says “If you don’t have an account, then you won’t appear relevant to employers in many industries”.
It simply means, when you are not active in Social Media, your are automatically eliminated from hiring process.
No comments:
Post a Comment