Job Seeker Tips for Launching a Blog
Job seekers are beginning to embrace the advice touted by the Wall Street Journal in April 2007 about the value and benefits of using a blog to land a new job. While many are motivated to expand their job search to include Web 2.0 strategies, taking those first steps to become transparent to the online world often stirs up a bit of insecurity; at least it did for me. Tips for moving beyond obstacles that often come with launching a...
Read MoreHow to Increase Your Odds of Getting Hired
Whether you are a job seeker or an entrepreneur selling your services, you increase the odds of getting hired by applying the practices used by traditional direct marketers. The most effective marketing campaigns involve multi-channel strategies that touch your prospects several times. People rarely respond to what you are offering them on the first effort. If you have ever subscribed to a magazine, you’ve experienced receiving numerous...
Read MoreCareerBuilder.com Survey: Employers Utilize Social Media Sites to Screen Job Applicants
Jobseekers beware. There is a new trend on the horizon that goes beyond Web 1.0 “brochure-ware” like resumes, referrals from associates or friends, and status quo job seeking activities: social network screening. According to ComputerWorld’s Heather Havenstein’s article, One in Five Employers Uses Social Networks in Hiring Process: “the number of hiring managers turning to social networks like Facebook to...
Read More105 Major Corporate Blogs
Creating an employment campaign with a planned strategy that proactively moves your message of value and your expertise to targeted hiring managers, companies, and industry associations must first begin with research. The first step to researching your desired industry, company, job, hiring manager, or niche begins with identifying your targeted list of people and places that utilize Web 2.0 strategies and blogging in their own...
Read MoreSusan Mernit’s Social Media Must Haves For The Recently Laid Off: 8 Tips To Employment
Susan Mernit is one of the most respected and recognized experts in the field of social media with a focus in “web strategy-product development.” As a former VP at Netscape and AOL and a senior Director of Product development at Yahoo, Susan understands the social media space like few in the industry. It was of great interest when she published her recent blog article “Susan sez: Social media must haves for the recently...
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