Great Slideshow

I found a slideshow about social media in the job search and I can honestly say this slideshow basically states everything you should know. I wish I had found it sooner but here it is! Take a look.

SlideShow Leveraging Social Media

5 Social Media tips for Scoring Your Next Job

Hey everyone. Ill post a link that you should look at and take a close read. It was written by the co-founder and CEO of Venturocket, Marc Hoag. He had 5 valuable tips for your social media pages. One message that he said was not to have your pages reflect the exact same vision of what they get from your resume. Companies want to see someone that stands out but isn't throwing out profanity or complaining of how hungover they are from the weekend that was. Show some colour but have discretion.

Marc Hoag's 5 Tips

Companies Thriving Using Social Media

Hey everyone. I'm posting a link to a website showing a few companies that have successfully used social media to better their business. Social media is taking over. However, networking through social media should not get in the way of networking in person. That will ALWAYS be important.

Companies Using Social Media

The Career Doctor

The "Career Doctor" has more information for you as he answers a girls question of whether using social media for employment is the way to go. I agree with his answer the more I research these subjects and the more I begin to stress about looking for jobs. The last 6 weeks I had begun searching for jobs through my LinkedIn account and through other social media sites. It has absolutely given me many more opportunities to apply to companies that I would have otherwise not known existed. 

The Career Doctor

Statistics You Cannot Ignore

Hey everyone. I was going through some informative websites and I stumbled across an image that I thought was pretty loud. Take a look! I know that it's about 2011 statistics but it's still very interesting.

Statistics Picture

Success Story

Hey everyone. Here is a good story about a man who was laid off twice in a year. He was a Boston University MBA Alumni. He decided to write a book about social media once he was laid off and is now very successful in the business world.

Author of Job Searching With Social Media - For Dummies

Forbes Magazine

Forbes Magazine published an article listing 5 ways for you to use social media in the job search based on the 2012 job market. These are tips to help you put yourself ahead of the game compared to other applicants.

It seems quite obvious that you would want to monitor what pictures on your social media pages are available to the public. Yet everyday there are people complaining on blogs from all over the world about how they didn't get a job after internet background checks.

Forbes Magazine Article By Todd Wilms. December 22, 2011