Are you looking for a job? Have
you ever considered using social media to find employment?
“Seven secrets to
getting your next job using social media," by Dan Schwable offers some timely tips.
In an era when jobs are scarce
and it seems almost impossible to find a job, using social media as a job
search tool could help you to find appropriate employment.
There are a number of reasons
for this.
First, on your social media web
page, you have a profile akin to a cover letter on a resume. Secondly, once
your social media web page has been set up properly, you establish a degree of
credibility, particularly if you use your social media web page regularly and
wisely. Thirdly, you have ongoing contact with others, as you gradually start
to form a network of peers who have similar interests and concerns. This may
include your family and friends, who normally have your best interests at heart
and are willing to assist you to find employment.
Social media sites have vast,
global outreach that is growing in leaps and bounds.
In other words, as a job seeker your potential
employment horizon can continue to expand through the appropriate use of social
media. There may be a multiplicity of possible employment options, if you are
ingenious enough to recognize them or to follow potential leads towards them.
When you use your social media
web page for job searching, caution is always important, as you may be
disclosing too much personal information. To a potential employer, it may
appear to be a non-professional way to approach a job search depending upon
your social media profile.
How other contacts interact
with you on your social media web page with their notations is important. How
you express yourself and communicate with them is a direct reflection upon you,
personally. For example, is your social media web page always in good taste?
Are others using it for a platform to air their anger, frustration and
grievances or perhaps using inappropriate language, photos or videos that may
in turn, reflect badly on you? If this is the case, an occasional reprimand may
be in order.
Free speech is still free
speech.
While social media pages may be
unregulated for the most part, social mores still apply globally. For example,
ongoing, consistent abuse or bullying apparent on your social media web page
may suggest that you allow this to happen. In turn, this may reflect adversely
upon your job search and suggest that you also might allow this on a job, if
you were hired.
Social media web pages offer a
wonderful opportunity for anyone serious about finding employment, particularly
online. Freelance writers, other writers and poets, as well as other artisans
have a wonderful opportunity for expression when it comes to displaying and
advertising their personal portfolios, at a minimum of cost.
The merit of social media
platforms should not be under-estimated in terms of being an effective tool for
job searching, as they can provide one avenue to make potential employment
contacts very quickly.
Professionalism on social media
web sites is always of the utmost importance.
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