Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies - Softcover

Joshua Waldman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470930721 ISBN 13: 9780470930724

Publisher: For Dummies, 2011

Synopsis

Harness social media to land your dream job

For anyone looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or just setting up for future success, social media sites are proven platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing the job. Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies enables you to harness the power of the Internet to research and identify job opportunities, and then create a strategy for securing a position.

Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies features in-depth coverage of topics such as: creating effective online profiles and resumes to sell your strengths; maintaining your online reputation (and ensuring that employers who Google you like what they find) and understanding electronic etiquette; using the power of personal branding and building your brand online; avoiding common pitfalls, such as jumping into filling out a social media profile without a strategy; getting to know Twitter, the only real-time job board with literally thousands of jobs posted daily; using social media sites to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market" ahead of the competition; and much more.

• Shows you how to easily harness social media sites
• Advice on how to brand yourself online
• Covers all of the latest and most popular social media sites: Google, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more

If you're a recent graduate, changing careers, or have been away from the job-search scene for a while, turn to the trusted guidance and expert insight of Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies.

About this title

About the Author

Joshua Waldman, MBA, teaches technology and marketing skills that help job seekers get noticed. He founded the website CareerEnlightenment.com, whose content has been featured on top career sites such as Careerrealism.com, Brazen Careerist, and Media Bistro.

From the Back Cover

Use social media to land your dream job

If you're looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or preparing to re-enter the job market after being out of it for several years, you need to take advantage of social media for the best results. Social media sites are proven platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing jobs. But how to get started? The answers await you in Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies.

• Put social networking to work for you — get a crash course on how social media has changed the job search spectrum and get a refresher on online networking basics

• Make your mark — discover the importance of personal branding and how to best promote and communicate your message online

• Out with the old-school résumé — find out why creating a complete profile on LinkedIn is so important and get easy-to-follow guidance on updating your résumé for an online audience

• Get social — understand how to use Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites in new ways to make connections you never dreamed possible

• Be proactive — find opportunities and companies of interest and make connections with decision makers

Open the book and find:

• Why having an online presence is so important

• Advice on increasing your online visibility

• Tips on how to manage youronline reputation

• Ways to customize your online résumé

• The best ways to engage with hiring managers through social media

• Ten common mistakes job seekers make with social media (and how to avoid them)

Learn to:

• Harness the power of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and more to propel your job search

• Make your online profiles work for you so that opportunities knock at your door

• Create a winning strategy for securing a position

• Build your personal brand online to truly stand out from the crowd

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470930721
• ISBN 13: 9780470930724
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360