Some more exciting news: I got the internship!! YAY! So I guess I'm sort of part of the working world again. It's only 8 hours a week and unpaid but it is going to be a great learning experience in the marketing world!
Anyways, I don't know about you all but alot of my unemployed days consist of Facebooking. True story. I'm on Facebook like it's my job. I realized that I could use Facebook productively in my job search. So, take some time from stalking that ex-best friend/boyfriend or refreshing your news feed, and use Facebook to enhance your job search!
1. Status Updates: Update your status and tell people you are out of work! I know firsthand how effective this is. I had quite a few status updates about how much I loathed unemployment and what not and quite a few people messaged me with job leads or asking what I wanted to do. I had a really AWESOME friend who contacted everybody on her email contacts and got me so many leads! It's up to you whether or not you are indirect or direct about it but let people know you are unemployed! Ask for leads! You never know who your friends might know and, to be honest, some people really do want to help you.
2. Hire My Friend: I can't say I tried this but I stumbled upon this application while looking on Facebook. It's called Hire My Friend. I cannot vouch for this leading to success in the job search but I thought it was pretty darn creative and slightly humorous! I like the concept behind it--getting your friends to use their network to help find leads. So, grab a few of your closest friends (and ones with really good contacts) and ask them to fill it out for you!
3. Facebook Marketplace: I used to look on the Facebook Marketplace for textbooks and what not but haven't been on there in a long time. I decided to check it out again and saw how much it has expanded. There is now even a place for jobs! You just type in your zip code and distance you'd like the listings to be within. I found a few decent listings. You just have to search through some of the spammy ones.
Anybody use Facebook to get themselves a job?
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Showing posts with label networking. Show all posts
Friday, February 5
Tuesday, February 2
Tweeting Your Way to Be Among the Gainfully Employed?
I'm a tweeter. I tweet about my day, my frustrations, things that I'm excited about (as in, the LOST season premiere), my disappointments, articles I find interesting, funny things that happened, and sometimes I even tweet about my job search. But using Twitter as a way to GET a job? Wait..what?
The more I've been perusing the web for tips to strengthen my job search and how to be more efficient in it, I've come across quite a few people claiming that Twitter is a revolutionary way to enhance your job search in 2010.
What is that you say? I could tweet my way to a job? Well, being the curious little creature that I am, decided that I must research this further and have my hand at using Twitter as a part of my new aggressive approach to making my way into the world of the employed again.
Instantly I found this website: TwitJobSearch. Essentially it is search engine for jobs, similar to indeed.com, except that it targets job postings on Twitter. I typed in a few key words "marketing, entry level, Philadelphia" and a decent amount of jobs popped up. Some I had seen on other job boards and some were brand new. I decided to add this to my extensive list of job search boards to scour every day.
But how else could Twitter be used?
Lists: I love making lists in general. Lists on Twitter are fabulous because you can have complete organization. For example, I'm adding lists on my Twitter for networking, companies I'd want to work for, and industry experts. It will save you time instead of sifting through all your tweets to see tweets relevant to your job search.
Networking: After you have become an organized Twitter genius, reach out to some of these people you have listed. Ask for advice from those industry professionals or friends in your field. Make meaningful comments on their tweets. Interact with them! Show them you are serious. I had a good experience with this. I followed InternQueen and asked her for some advice for college grads and internships. She tweeted me back pretty promptly and gave me advice. Some of them are going to ignore you but some of them might respond back to someone who shows genuine interest and shares their career aspirations.
Hash Tags: I remember this summer seeing these strange hash tag symbols on Twitter. Once I learned how they were used I immediately saw their effectiveness. You can use them in the job search too. Make your you are tagging your posts with relevant key words. You can also search hash tags to see tweet subjects that interest you.
I'm still new to using Twitter as an addition to my job search so I will be giving you the dirt once I learn more ways to use it for this purpose!
What are your thoughts? Do you tweet? Would you ever consider it a good way to enhance your job search? Have you used it for this purpose before or know anyone that has?
The more I've been perusing the web for tips to strengthen my job search and how to be more efficient in it, I've come across quite a few people claiming that Twitter is a revolutionary way to enhance your job search in 2010.
What is that you say? I could tweet my way to a job? Well, being the curious little creature that I am, decided that I must research this further and have my hand at using Twitter as a part of my new aggressive approach to making my way into the world of the employed again.
Instantly I found this website: TwitJobSearch. Essentially it is search engine for jobs, similar to indeed.com, except that it targets job postings on Twitter. I typed in a few key words "marketing, entry level, Philadelphia" and a decent amount of jobs popped up. Some I had seen on other job boards and some were brand new. I decided to add this to my extensive list of job search boards to scour every day.
But how else could Twitter be used?
Lists: I love making lists in general. Lists on Twitter are fabulous because you can have complete organization. For example, I'm adding lists on my Twitter for networking, companies I'd want to work for, and industry experts. It will save you time instead of sifting through all your tweets to see tweets relevant to your job search.
Networking: After you have become an organized Twitter genius, reach out to some of these people you have listed. Ask for advice from those industry professionals or friends in your field. Make meaningful comments on their tweets. Interact with them! Show them you are serious. I had a good experience with this. I followed InternQueen and asked her for some advice for college grads and internships. She tweeted me back pretty promptly and gave me advice. Some of them are going to ignore you but some of them might respond back to someone who shows genuine interest and shares their career aspirations.
Hash Tags: I remember this summer seeing these strange hash tag symbols on Twitter. Once I learned how they were used I immediately saw their effectiveness. You can use them in the job search too. Make your you are tagging your posts with relevant key words. You can also search hash tags to see tweet subjects that interest you.
I'm still new to using Twitter as an addition to my job search so I will be giving you the dirt once I learn more ways to use it for this purpose!
What are your thoughts? Do you tweet? Would you ever consider it a good way to enhance your job search? Have you used it for this purpose before or know anyone that has?
Friday, January 29
LinkedIn!
I was urged to join LinkedIn by a few friends. They said it's the place for serious job seekers and networkers to be. Well, I thought to myself, I had better head over there because that is what I am!
Basically LinkedIn is the professional world's version of Facebook. It's pretty fabulous. You aren't being bombarded by dumb quizzes about which Twilight character you are like and Farmville applications (no offense to anyone..I know how addicting these things can be) nor do you have to see pictures of little hoe cookies half naked and drunk on your news feed. You know, those girls you were never friends with in high school and still have NO idea why they have added you as a Facebook friends. I have to admit it doesn't quite have the fun factor like Facebook has but it's a really good place for people serious about networking. You can link up with your old professors, friends, family and then you can see who they know. It's quite a shame that, so far, none of my contacts know people high up in places I want to work! Jeez, I mean, why can't somebody I know be the sister of the higher ups in Vogue or at Michael Kors! :)
Anyways, I can't boast of some huge success story with LinkedIn quite yet as I'm still new. However, get on over there and create a profile and add everybody you know! You never know the connections you might come across.
Basically LinkedIn is the professional world's version of Facebook. It's pretty fabulous. You aren't being bombarded by dumb quizzes about which Twilight character you are like and Farmville applications (no offense to anyone..I know how addicting these things can be) nor do you have to see pictures of little hoe cookies half naked and drunk on your news feed. You know, those girls you were never friends with in high school and still have NO idea why they have added you as a Facebook friends. I have to admit it doesn't quite have the fun factor like Facebook has but it's a really good place for people serious about networking. You can link up with your old professors, friends, family and then you can see who they know. It's quite a shame that, so far, none of my contacts know people high up in places I want to work! Jeez, I mean, why can't somebody I know be the sister of the higher ups in Vogue or at Michael Kors! :)
Anyways, I can't boast of some huge success story with LinkedIn quite yet as I'm still new. However, get on over there and create a profile and add everybody you know! You never know the connections you might come across.
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