HARNESSING THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
FOR GRAD SCHOOL AND CAREER
Alan Katzman, Social Assurity LLC
Embrace Your Social Media
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You’re the Sum of Your Social Media
Facebook+
Twitter+
LinkedIn+
Instagram+
Tumblr = You
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Grad Schools Are Looking
How New Technology And Social Media Will Affect Your MBA Application
Law School Admissions Officers Are a Nosy Bunch
Medical School Admissions Officers Checking Applicants' Facebook Pages
Give Yourself a Social Media Makeover as a B-School Applicant
Do Grad Schools Care About Your Social Profile?
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Recruiters Are Also Looking
93% of recruiters are likely to look at a candidate’s
social profile
42% of recruiters have reconsidered a candidate based
on content viewed in a social profile, leading to both positive and negative reassessments
- Corporate recruiters are increasingly and proactively using the search capabilities of Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to identify and then recruit targeted talent.
- Known as the invisible market, social media searches are happening all the time but candidates will first need to learn how to build a public online presence to get in to the game.
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What Are They Assessing?
Credibility Character Maturity Intelligence Likeability
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What They Notice
Charitable
Drugs
Sexual
Profanity
Grammar
Guns
Alcohol
Religious
Political
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Recruiters Reactions to Certain Posts (%)
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Where They Are Looking
83%
65%
37%18%
36%
94%
40%
55%
Job Seekers
Recruiters
Surprised!
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Facebook: Really?
1.3 Billion Active Monthly UsersUpdate Your Status Accordingly
Research Your Opportunities Then Leverage Your Network
Join Groups and Like Companies
Recruiters are People Too
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Tweet, Meet and Follow
Network
KeywordsShare
Retweet
Contribute
FollowRecruiters and
potential employers search Google for job
candidates… and Google loves Twitter.
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ProfileSummarySkillsGroupsCompaniesEducationEngageConnectNetwork
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Why Google Plus?
In 2013 there were over 2 trillion Google searches or close to 6 billion searches per day. Owning the first page of Google is owning your social media.
Amazing Correlation Between Google + and Higher Google Search Rankings.
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Google + Profile Page
Links
Story
Contact
Communities
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Pinterest Has 70 Million Users!
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Final Thoughts
Engage Social Media is Social Build a Professional Presence Write, Blog, Author, Publish Video Portfolio Network
Thank You for Your Time!
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