Is Facebook and Twitter Keeping You Out of College or Helping You Get In?
Is Facebook and Twitter Keeping You Out of College or Helping You Get In?
Employers often use Google or other online research sites to find out about prospective job applicants. If there is embarrassing or incriminating information out there, it may not just be prospective employers that find it.
Universities are also performing online searches on prospective students. According to Latimes, “College admissions officials look up applicants on Facebook and Twitter, experts say. Details revealed through social media can make or break a good impression.”
Keep in mind, social media can be a way to have employers and universities find out good things about you as well. In the Latimes article the editor of StudentAdvisor “suggests following the school’s Twitter feed or “liking” its Facebook fan page. Students also can post a video resume on YouTube or blog about volunteering efforts or other extracurricular activities and provide a link on their applications.”
For more information, check out the Online Reputation Guide.
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InMaps from Linkedin: Map Your Social Connections If You Can Get It To Work
Have you ever wondered what your network actually looks like? With Linkedin InMaps, they claim you can get a map of colors to show your connections and how they inter-relate. Colors represent groups within your professional connections. It’s a way to see how you know people and visualize relationships.
It sounded very interesting so I thought I’d check it out. I was unable to view InMaps through Explorer or AOL. It suggested using Google’s Chrome or Firefox but it never worked with those applications either. It just gives a never-ending processing swirl on the page. I was curious if it had to do with Windows 7 so I tried it on my Mac with no luck either. Granted, I have a lot of connections on Linkedin, but the processing swirl never stopped.
Perhaps they are just having problems with the site that will resolve. If anyone has had good or bad things to say about InMaps, I’d be curious to hear about it.
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- Have you seen LinkedIn’s InMaps? (community.tradeking.com)
- LinkedIn brings InMaps to visualize your professional network (thenextweb.com)
Be Your Own “Dream Career” Advocate, Reinvent Your Social Network
Phoenix AZ—November 11, 2010— Guidance is a powerful thing and an important thing to seek from all sources when considering career change. In her new book, How to Reinvent Your Career, Dr. Diane Hamilton does just that. She guides her readers through the process of self-promotion, something truly essential for landing that “dream” job.
Dr. Hamilton has been advising her students regarding career opportunities for 5 years. She wants them to be marketable, relevant to the times and ultimately successful. However, this isn’t any job hunt. This is a reinvention. Readers are using Diane’s tools to find complete job satisfaction. The number one rule is when interviewing for a dream job is to understand the ability of how to show prospective employers the benefits (not to be confused with features) that you offer.
Dr. Hamilton points out that Linked-in.com can be thought of as the Facebook for professionals. It is a way to get “connected” or “linked-in” with people online. New users can create a profile showcasing their unique abilities and strengths. Some may see it as an online resume but it is so much more than that, as it can be tailored to emphasize your strengths and assets and be used to interact with potential connections.
“Networking is not contrived cocktail parties anymore,” says Hamilton, “The future is online—and that should not be a scary place. To stay current, you have to create your ‘brand,’ the heart of your profile, online.”
Once the profile is complete, it’s time to connect! It must be continually updated to obtain the maximum benefit. Just joining is not enough. You must actively participate for optimal success. Anytime a user gathers someone’s business card, it is crucial to connect with him or her the next day. Linked-in is a way to keep a database of people who could be mutually beneficial contacts for the duration of the user’s entire career.
For job seekers Linked-in is partially about staying current, but most importantly a way to show not only skills but benefits: the total package. When changing careers it is vital to self-promote, showing that you are more than a set of skills but an asset to the team at that “dream job.”
“Link-in” with Dr. Diane Hamilton: www.linkedin.com/in/drdianehamilton
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Marketing Yourself To Get The Job – Career Workshop
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11 Practical Business Uses for LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter: Business Collaboration News
Check out the latest article by gigaom.com. It contains some very useful suggested uses for some of the more popular social networking sites. It ties in nicely with what I wrote about in my book, How to Reinvent Your Career. This article has to do more with businesses utilizing these sites. These same tactics can be used for the individual looking to be noticed.
For more articles about utilizing social networking for self-promotion and career advancement, click here.
See Gigaom.com’s list of some basic ways to use LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter for specific business activities. To see the eleven uses, click here: gigaom.com