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Social Media activities• Awareness Building• Inventory Services• Policy Creation• Training• Monitoring
• Market research
Social NetworksRock your profiles
Why are they using social media?
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Source of candidates Builds and leverages off networks Employee/employer branding Research tool Complements a company’s careers site (not to be used instead of a corporate careers site)
What are recruiting people using?
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So does how recruitment look from the job seeker
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Clean up your social media profiles and use the correct privacy settings
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#1 tool for finding a job
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"It is not what you know but who you know that knows what you do not know"
How important is ?LinkedIn is the biggest online
professional network in the world
• 400M worldwide, • 2.7M BE & 93M EU members• 5.7 billion searches in 2012• +3M company pages• +2M LinkedIn Groups• > 2 new members per second!• LinkedIn shows you how you are connected
Source: LinkedIn Corporation
Usage of LinkedInKnowledge
The definitive professional publishing
platform
NetworkWe connect the
world’s professionals
IdentityThe professional profile of record
Source: LinkedIn Corporation
Your LinkedIn profile is your electronic business card
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What kind of first impression are you making
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Tips for a professional profile
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• Pictures• Name• Title• Email• Phone number• Website(s)• Vanity URL• Summary• Work history• Other fields• Add multi media
Expand your network
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Networking Principle #1
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Understand Your LinkedIn Network
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Build your network
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Engage your network
• Network Updates• People• Groups• Companies
• Who viewed your profile• LinkedIn Alerts• Keep in Touch
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Use Status Updates to interact withyour 1st degree network
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Where do you find jobs on LinkedIn?
• Jobs section• Company pages & Career pages• Groups• Status updates from Contacts
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Tip for job hunting on LinkedIn
• Have a complete profile• Make your headline count• Tailor your profile to your ideal job (copy the best)
• Follow your potential employers company & career pages
• Connect with hiring managers (View their profile – join their groups – build relationships)
• Do status updates and publish posts• Setup jobs alerts• Start and maintain conversations
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Do not forget to use LinkedIn to collect info before interviews
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#2 tool to find a job: Twitter
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Start to TweetStep 1: Optimalize your profile
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Start to Tweet Step 2: Find your target audience
Companies & Recruiters
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Step 3: Use Twitter lists
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Start to TweetStep 4: Listen
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Start to TweetStep 5: Engage
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Tips for your Twitter search
• Complete profile (bio + good picture)• Choose your Twittername wisely• Tweet what you are looking for• Pin good tweet on profile• Monitor Hashtags • Engage on Twitter (Fav, RT, Reply)
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Gather intel on company via Twitter
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To be completed with FB
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