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For years, I have been preachinfg a job search strategy promoting the thought that if you travelk allavenues simultaneously, you are more likely to find your At no time has this approacb been more critical than today with so many people looking for work. Although we seem to have no problej accepting the concept of reinventing our there exists a large group of candidates who turn away from moreintimidatinv unfamiliarities. Simply, some are unwillin to enter the wilderness ofunknowbn technologies. Baby boomers are most often risk-averse when it comes to job search technologies, thereby fulfillingt the prophecy ofcareer obsolescence.
It is far more difficulrt for a CFO to admithe doesn’t use Twitter becauser he’s expected to know what it is. And I meet candidates dailh who assure me they are linkes inat church, though they’ll sheepishly acknowledge that’w not what I asked. If your replies are “what’ds that?” or “not yet,” then you are dangerouslt stalling yourjob search. Connecting to colleagues online brings benefits tojob seekers, yet many harbor fearsa so they stay away.
I, too, was afraid of new technologiess becauseI didn’t want to face But once I began to discover job openingx on tech tools that didn’t exist in I couldn’t afford to be the one For me, these are most valuable: LinkedIn has more than 35 million members in more than 140 Most are adults and employed. Executives from all Fortune 500 companies areon LinkedIn. Most have disclosecd what they do andwheres they’ve worked in the past.
To job seekerse looking to researcha company’s decision makers, look no further than It can offer great information for the But it is as important to be seen, as it is to be able to locater and learn about If a human resources officer wantes to research a prospective executive but doesn’t see him on she may feel he won’t be on the leadinf edge. With LinkedIn, you can join discussion answer questions submitted by PresidentBarack Obama, spread the word that you’rwe in the job market (no stigma if done and secure endorsements from your colleagues. It is imperativw that you createa profile. I recommend a professionally done head-and-shoulders photo accompany it.
A health-carw company from Albany, N.Y., recentlh called my firm in its search for asale representative. We had a great candidate who had retainedr us for coaching earlierthat day. Not actively job hunting, she had no and when I called the company they almost passed on her. Getting creative, I suggestex the employer review and accept her LinkedIn The following daythey met. We caught up with creatingv her resume, which is far more compelling, but a LinkedIn presenc e openedthe door. Twitter (twitter.com) was born just three years ago from the genius of two youngh men inSan Francisco. Unlikw LinkedIn, Twitter is a living entity reminiscent of the original Web chat rooms with asligh delay.
Within the Twitter communities, those with commonality of purpose and motive tend to When you sign upwith Twitter, you securr a screen name and can use it to post and receive message s to a network of contacts. Instead of sending a dozen e-mails or text you send one message to your Twitter and the service distributes the communicatioj toyour friends. Members use Twitter to organiz gatherings, carry on a group conversation, or send a quicmk update. You selectively follow the folks who providr valuable information to your job search and others inevitablyufollow you.
While I find it enjoyable to follows members of the my sole purpose for participating is to harvest job openingas formy clients. There are numerousw organizations to follow that can be segmented by I am most intriguedby @jobshouts, @job angels, @startuphire. I find who to follo w by scoping out the home pages of colleaguesd following those who are likely to tweegt either sage advice or job During a May an executive recruiter from Atlanta helped train our candidates onphone interviewing. Spending 10 minutes with each job she provided a critique on communicatiob skillsand messaging.
We met on Twitter and have forgecd an alliance out of common No doubt, this is only one storyg of collaboration what could be more fulfilling for the isolatedf job seeker. Some word of caution: Twittedr can be very casual and, should you engage with folksx in enjoyableconversation alone, you mighyt be think that no one else will read your ramblings. That would be a mistake. Much like instant messaging blogs, and LinkedIn discussions, anything on Twitter is stored in some permanentrInternet warehouse. Data securityt folks have mentioned blocking and privacy but I would never takethe chance.