The document discusses various ways to use social media platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook to help find jobs. It provides tips for using hashtags and following relevant accounts to stay up to date on opportunities. Profile optimization, engaging with employers, and demonstrating skills are emphasized as effective social media strategies for connecting with potential employers and making oneself visible to recruiters. Useful tools for job searching and staying current are also listed.
3. Hashtag
Help to categorise tweets into themes or subjects
Great for events
Click to follow a conversation
Examples – #GlosBiz, #bizitalk, #MandHShow
Also used for emphasis and humour.
Example - #ThankGoodnessItsFriday
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7. Benefits of using social media to
find a job
• Reach large numbers of potential employers
• Get others to SHARE your profile and your skills
• Remove the gatekeeper - contact future boss
• Find jobs that aren‟t advertised
• Quick and efficient communication
• Opportunity to keep your content up to date
• Demonstrate as well as display your skills
• Make yourself stand out from the crowd
• Create your own personal brand
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10. • Set up and optimise your profile
• Add media to demonstrate expertise
• Post regular updates
• Make and obtain recommendations
• Use „Search for jobs‟
• Use Advanced Search to find employers
• Use LinkedIn Groups to show knowhow
• Contact past colleagues for opportunities
Use LinkedIn to find work
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12. “Find out what‟s
happening, right now,
with the people and
organizations you
care about.”
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13. How to use Twitter to find work
• Use TwitJobSearch to find vacancies
• Search for location and job title
• Follow companies you want to work for
• Engage with company owners/management
• Use Advanced Search to find vacancies
• Download Tweet Deck and monitor key words
• Find and monitor #GlosBiz for local jobs
• Follow hashtags for your industry eg #farming
• Network with industry professionals
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16. “Facebook helps you connect and
share with the people in your life.”
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17. Use Facebook to find work
• Add professional info onto About Me
• List current and past employers
• Link to all your other profiles/blogs/websites
• Check your privacy settings
• Set your vanity URL
• Use Lists to separate friends/family/business
• Follow #hashtags
• Like Pages of companies you want to work for
• Engage with companies eg Like and Comment
• Enable Followers and Follow employers
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19. • Produce a video CV
• Create an infographic
• Write a blog and include social share buttons
• Add slide deck presentations to SlideShare
• Add designs, photos and videos to Pinterest
• Share cutting edge content
• Ask probing questions
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