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Contribution Of Social Media in Finding A
What Do You Use Social Media For?
SocializingStaying Connected With FriendsLearning new ThingsSharing Your Ideas
Do You Know!Social Media can be used To Showcase your Skills and Capabilities.
Companies Use this as a Medium to study the abilities and the Character of a Candidate.
Your Social Media Profiles can be the Reason why you are offered a Job or even Declined a Position.
Do You Know!Survey have shown that 92% of companies are using social media for hiring—and that three out of four hiring managers will check out a candidate’s social profiles.
What is Social Media?
Gives an opportunity for greater human interaction
You can share your views and ideas with others.
You can like and make use of the ideas that others share.
Major Social Media Platforms
Google+
Do these Help in Job Search?
Yeah!!!
LinkedInA LinkedIn Profile provides "Social Proof" accepted by most employers.
"Social proof" is reviewed by recruiters, potential employers, and others. This is a proof of who you really are.
LinkedIn Profile, is expected to be an honest representation of your career facts.
Fact about LinkedIn-Linkedin has over 360 million members (early 2015), and is widely viewed as the most business-like and professional of the social networks.
Your Facebook Profile is a medium through which you can showcase who you really are.
The way you interact with friends, the stuff you share, everything can be seen here.
Facts about Facebook
The largest social network.
It has over 1.44 billion members worldwide (early 2015).
Google+
Google+ is a platform where you meet like minded people and form groups and communities to share stuff.
Here, your involvement in various groups, your personal profile and among a few things that are observed.
Facts about Google+Google+ was launched by Google in early 2011 and claimed over 2.5 billion members by the middle of 2015.
Google+ Profiles includes "Circles", "Hangouts", "Communities", and other social functions.
People use Google+, 37% are through a YouTube video, and this most important for job seeker because it is platform to sell your Video Resume.
Facts about Google+
TwitterTwitter is a great platform where professionals log in to share informative stuff.
It is the fastest media to share a news or an update with a lot of people.
This is where you will be updated with the recent happenings in your area of interest.
Facts about TwitterTwitter has 288 million active accounts.
Select the Best one!
The Right use of these Platforms!
Connect with Knowledgeable People. They will keep you updated with the latest trends.
Be your True Self!
Join Groups, Circles and Communities that match your interests
What Do I Do Now?
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