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Social network your way to a new job
www.troymedia.com NEW YORK – If you aren’t using social networking sites in your job search, you may be missing out on opportunities. The rapid rise of social networking over the past five years is nothing short of a phenomenon. In fact, according to the Nielsen Company, the New York-based media conglomerate, social networking and blogs [...]
Baby Boomers turn to blogs to find jobs
www.AZCentral.com Bette Publicker, 58, entered the blogosphere last week. The event planner, who was laid off last year, created her blog at a workshop hosted by the Scottsdale Job Network. The Valley-wide group hosts meetings that focus on job-transition training and connects job seekers with employers and business leaders. “I’m being dragged kicking and screaming [...]
Job hunting? Use social networks to make crucial connections
www.computerworld.com Although the total number of IT jobs is shrinking due to the recession, some companies are still hiring — and using social-networking tools can help you land those jobs. In fact, being in the IT industry just might give you an advantage over the average laid-off worker. That’s because social networking Web sites such [...]
The Secret to Finding a Job! CONNECT!
Here is a great example of networking to find people, to ultimately connect with a future employer. An urban legend tells us that it is impossible to cold-call an employer asking for a job, so why not meet them via the internet. @BostonTweet is a great example of utilizing an online tool for personal benefit, while [...]
White House Utilizes Social Media
Even the White House is doing it… Why aren’t you? www.WhiteHouse.Gov In the President’s last Weekly Address, he called on government to “recognize that we cannot meet the challenges of today with old habits and stale thinking.” He added that “we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more [...]
Twitter Guide to Posting
www.thetalentbuzz.com This is a great article with a step by step list to interacting with Twitter career placement tools $$$ As unemployment continues to soar, job seekers and candidates are pulling out all the stops and doing everything possible to network and look for new opportunities. This includes using social media and social networking sites [...]
Easy Trick to Ranking on Google
Create a Google Profile. This tip came in from @KarenRubin, and it is the entry stages to Google’s ultimate social network. This Google profile will appear at the bottom of the search results to your own name. Simple information like location, websites, social networks, hobbies, a description, and a pictures are included on the page. [...]
Better Twittering Through Software
www.CBSNews.com (CBS) Last week I ran a Beginner’s Guide to Twitter where I described the very basics of the service that’s getting so much play its creators are among the most 100 influential people according to Time Magazine. One of my main pieces of advice was to use Twitter not via the Twitter.com Web site itself, [...]
Brand A Username
When beginning down the path of social media, you will want to utilize more than 1 network at a time. For this reason, be sure to use the same name across networks. There is a tool called NameChk that will allow a user to see if their username is available on multiple networks without actually [...]
Dan Klamm’s Career Blog for College Students
I was tipped off about this great career blog for current college students. Dan is a graudate of Syracuse in New York, and is now an employee of the university. He writes about personal branding, online presence, and development services. For those looking for specific examples and to-do lists to succeed after college, Dan’s website [...]
Connect With NSR
Twitter has been the topic at hand lately, and we would love for you to connect with the New School Resume on Twitter. We are already connecting job seekers with applicants, and this is still in the very early stages of the project. Find us at @NewSchoolResume
Looking For A J-O-B?? The Latest And Greatest
LivingLifeToTheMax Marie Burns is a job placement expert here in Boston. She has embraced social networking as a tool to connect employers to job seekers. *** It’s been a while since I’ve written…Things got crazy, the economy got crazy – and I had to get creative and use all my time “keeping my job”. Well, I’m still here, and I’ve [...]
College Newspaper Article: Social Media Impacts
Our founder David Gallant was just featured in an article by his college newspaper. He finished with his undergraduate classes in December 2008, and will be walking for their commencement ceremony in May of 2009. The New Hampshire Newspaper
Social Media Panel Discussion
Today our founder David Gallant will be discussing the interaction between social media and the job hunt. Using the internet is vitally important to finding a job because it allows applicants to stand out of the crowd and be noticed. Also, many employers look to Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter for a first phase of [...]
7 Hot Tips to Build Personal Branding Into Your Executive Resume 2.0
www.Brand-Yourself.com A really great resume – one that captures attention, gets interviews, and lands jobs faster – has always been all about differentiating that job seeker and their promise of value from others competing for the same jobs. Personal branding is the best career marketing tool today to get you there. And branding generates the [...]
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