Social Media – how successful is it at helping you get a job?
Job Search July 7th, 2008
First of all, you may be wondering what social media is.
Social media is defined in Wikopedia as “Social media is an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio. This interaction, and the manner in which information is presented, depends on the varied perspectives and “building” of shared meaning among communities, as people share their stories, and understandings.”
People who’ve attained jobs through social media:
A new grad, Andrew Cafourek, who initially responded to a blog is starting a new job at Outrider next week! Andrew’s story starts out with reading Jeremiah Owyang’s blog and seeing a post about people who were “on the move” in the social media industry. Andrew left a comment on Jeremiah’s blog basically saying “Hey, I haven’t been on the move but I would like to be!” As a result, Lisa Young from Outrider reached out to him with some information about the company and the industry as a whole. Then Andrew spent a day and a half pouring through Google and every other internet tool he could think of to absorb as much information as he could about the company. Andrew writes, “Well, over the past few weeks, about 97.4 emails, and dozens of hours spent researching different aspects of the company and industry, I decided that I really wanted to come on board with the firm and so here I go!”
In Lindsey Pollak’s blog, Lindsey Pollak cites the case of her own husband Evan, who accepted a dream job as Advertising Sales Director with Travel Zoo using LinkedIn! Evan shares that using LinkedIn was quite easy. Read about Evan’s story from Mario Sundar. Or, listen to Evan tell his story for a couple minutes at LinkedIn.
Several of my clients are starting to look at social online media such as LinkedIn and Facebook as valuable networking tools to connect with people who are in industries and companies are interested in working in.
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