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1. Social Media & Your Job Search

2. Rules of the internet Rule #1: The Internet is forever Rule #2: You are easy to find Rule #2a: But you don’t stick out

3. You are a product – market yourself! 1: Stick to your message! (e.g. “I am a creative and hardworking legal expert in Antitrust Law with a background in Mergers and Acquisitions”) 2: Use different media to attract different people Pictures, videos, micro-blogging, quick-blogging, blogging, audio, etc.

4. Are the rules different for lawyers? Legal profession is a conservative one that is resistant to change. Most hiring partners are older and less like to be hyper-plugged in. Many non-profit groups are likely to be leveraging the internet to stretch limited resources. You need to be appealing to both sets of people

5. Your Toolbox

6. Email AOL is ancient history, Hotmail is outdated, Gmail is today. Studies show that people judge your by your email domain Have a professional email address madhatter057@hotmail.com = bad Billy.Joyner@gmail.com = good

7. RSS Feed You will need information and a great deal of it You will need to have it easy to access and organize RSS feeds make this task easy Google Reader FeedReader FeedDemon Newsfire

8. Who are you?

9. Facebook and LinkedIn In This corner. . . . . . . And in this corner

10. Facebook Generally more social and less professional 1 in 13 people on earth have a Facebook page In the United States, over 70% of internet users have a facebook page.

11. Your Facebook Profile

12. 1: Make sure you have a professional picture This is ok, but probably should be more formal

13. 2: Give lots of detailed information about your work and education history

14. 3: Get rid of your college party pictures If you wouldn’t want your grandmother to see it then you probably don’t want a potential employer to see it

15. 4: Use your privacy settings

16. “Everyone” = your boss

17. 5: PROOFREAD!!!!

18. Your LinkedIn Profile

19. Use LinkedIn to your advantage Where facebook emphasizes friendships (photos, comments, wall-posting, etc), LinkedIn is all about professionals and what makes them professional. Fill out every detail of your work history. Discuss projects you have completed, awards and accolades you achieved at each job, etc.

20. Complete the LinkedIn profile Linked in tells you how “complete” your profile is… …and how to complete it

21. Get Recommended!!! It is so easy employers may think less of you if you do not get recommended Click on the “Get Recommended” button

22. Click on “asked to be endorsed” Or, click on “manage” to see and follow up with previous requests

23. Recommendations are asked through a simple messaging interface

24. Creating your network

25. Like it! - Don’t be afraid to “like” pages or join groups. Your social media profile necessarily tells an employer who you are. - Use your likes, groups, etc to create a network of your interests