The overlap of personal and business activities on social media has made managing your personal brand more important than ever.
The amount of personal information that is publicly available on services like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram is tremendous. A quick Google search of a name and email address can yield deep results regarding a person’s interests, opinions, and history. Continue Reading…
It used to be that at the stroke of five o’clock, most employees were content to punch out, go home and not think of work again until the next morning. Employees’ private lives did not overlap with work and employers and employees were fine with that arrangement. The pervasiveness of mobile technology has changed all that. Continue Reading…
In a recent survey of over 300 employers, a whopping 91 percent said they use social media to screen job applicants. Even more telling is that the majority of those same employers used Facebook, specifically, to check out potential employees during the hiring process.
The role of Facebook in your job search Continue Reading…
Billing itself as “the world’s largest professional network,” it’s no surprise that LinkedIn is a great place to find a job or change careers. The site offers significant opportunities for you to build relationships with professional peers and hiring managers that could open many doors for career development. With more businesses getting started on LinkedIn every day, the number of job opportunities discussed and advertised on the site keeps growing, too. Continue Reading…
You might be wondering what Pinterest, with its visually-based pins and pinboards, could possibly have to do with finding a job or changing careers. Well, consider that in some cases, Pinterest is actually referring more website traffic than Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Yahoo. Continue Reading…
If your job search has stalled, or if you’re looking to switch it up and change careers entirely, chances are there’s a job out there for you on Twitter — if you know how and where to look.
Even in this economy, and perhaps despite what you’ve heard on the nightly news, companies are hiring. Continue Reading…
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