Social Media in your Job Search: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

social media in your job search

so why does this matter?

don’t be like kevin!

FIRED!!!

Clean up your social media sites!

anywhere from 45% to 80% of employers are using the internet to pre-screen candidates

35% of employers reported they have found content on social

networking sites that caused them not to hire the candidate.

Why Employers Disregarded Candidates After Screening Online

8% of employers reported they have found content on social networking sites that caused them to hire the candidate.

Why Employers Hired Candidates After Screening Online

Building real relationships, actively maintaining them, and giving as

much as you take.

Networking

According to a recent survey by the Department of Labor, networking accounts for at least 69% of all

annual hires.

Networking is one of the BEST ways to find a job or internship.

What are the best sites?

• More than 350 million active users • 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day

How to Use Facebook in Your Job/Internship Search

The most efficient way to use Facebook in your job/internship search is to update your status with relevant information.

(For example, if your looking for a job/internship and you let your friends know, they will want to help you—perhaps by

passing along a contact that they know is hiring.)

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets.

What the Heck is it?

Short, sweet and to the point.140 characters (not words, not letters, characters) to say what you

want to say to your followers.

What’s your

message?

Jennifer Fisher, Program Managerjfisher@fwchamber.org

Graduate Retention Program

Twitter: JenfisherfwBlog: www.generationalsoup.com

www.fwchamber.org/grad

Thank You!!!