10 ways to use social media to

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1. Have an up to date and selling linkedIn

Use LinkedIn as an online CV, showing off your skills, abilities and experience. Remember to add new skills and relevant information for your job search.

2. Show you’re connected with what’s new

Show employers you know what is happening in the world of social media. Create twitter updates that prove you know what is happening in world news as well as the job market you are looking in to.

3. Follow professionals on social media

This way you can keep tabs on what is happening in the industry you are interested in. Also, you are able to learn more from their posts and engage in conversation to let them know you exist.

4. Create profiles of companies you’d like to work for

By creating a profile that promotes a company in a positive way will hopefully get their attention and then they may acknowledge you by sharing and liking the post.

5. Ask people to recommend you via LinkedIn

If you are connected with someone who is working in the industry you are interested in, you can send an request to them via LinkedIn to recommend you for a job post.

6. Use Facebook to let family and friends know you are job seeking.

You never know who may have contacts in the right places, so by letting familyand friends know you current position may help to speed the process along.they may also share a post that states about your job search so it is then knownby a wider audience on Facebook.

7. Make your twitter presence ‘employer friendly’

Employers check up on potential candidates their online accounts, so be careful on what you are posting! Let them know that you are responsible and aware of what is happening in world news.

8. Keep an eye on relevant jobs through targets twitter feeds

You can use the twitter search bar for finding job vacancies. You can do this by using the hash tag. For example ‘#Jobsearch # Marketing’ this will pin point listings that you will be interested in.

9. Keep personal and professional accounts separate.

Mixing the two accounts can be dangerous. Being tagged in photos which shows you in a bad state on a night out will not look good to a potential employer. Remember to check your privacy settings on your social media accounts as employers will search for you to see what kind of person you are, so make sure they cannot see your Facebook posts if there is something on there which should not be seen by their eyes.

10. Do not spam people

Do not ask people for jobs, and especially not constantly. This will show more annoyance than positive persistence. Only talk about your current job search during conversation. If they find you suited for the job or interested they will offer you an interview themselves. Just remember to keep selling yourself as though you are editing a magazine that is all about you.