Mic Adam

Social Media activities• Awareness Building• Inventory Services• Policy Creation• Training• Monitoring

• Market research

Social NetworksRock your profiles

Why are they using social media?

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Source of candidates Builds and leverages off networks Employee/employer branding Research tool Complements a company’s careers site (not to be used instead of a corporate careers site)

What are recruiting people using?

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So does how recruitment look from the job seeker

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Clean up your social media profiles and use the correct privacy settings

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#1 tool for finding a job

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"It is not what you know but who you know that knows what you do not know"

How important is ?LinkedIn is the biggest online

professional network in the world

• 400M worldwide, • 2.7M BE & 93M EU members• 5.7 billion searches in 2012• +3M company pages• +2M LinkedIn Groups• > 2 new members per second!• LinkedIn shows you how you are connected

Source: LinkedIn Corporation

Usage of LinkedInKnowledge

The definitive professional publishing

platform

NetworkWe connect the

world’s professionals

IdentityThe professional profile of record

Source: LinkedIn Corporation

Your LinkedIn profile is your electronic business card

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What kind of first impression are you making

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Tips for a professional profile

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• Pictures• Name• Title• Email• Phone number• Website(s)• Vanity URL• Summary• Work history• Other fields• Add multi media

Expand your network

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Networking Principle #1

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Understand Your LinkedIn Network

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Build your network

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Engage your network

• Network Updates• People• Groups• Companies

• Who viewed your profile• LinkedIn Alerts• Keep in Touch

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Use Status Updates to interact withyour 1st degree network

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Where do you find jobs on LinkedIn?

• Jobs section• Company pages & Career pages• Groups• Status updates from Contacts

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Tip for job hunting on LinkedIn

• Have a complete profile• Make your headline count• Tailor your profile to your ideal job (copy the best)

• Follow your potential employers company & career pages

• Connect with hiring managers (View their profile – join their groups – build relationships)

• Do status updates and publish posts• Setup jobs alerts• Start and maintain conversations

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Do not forget to use LinkedIn to collect info before interviews

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#2 tool to find a job: Twitter

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Start to TweetStep 1: Optimalize your profile

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Start to Tweet Step 2: Find your target audience

Companies & Recruiters

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Step 3: Use Twitter lists

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Start to TweetStep 4: Listen

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Start to TweetStep 5: Engage

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Tips for your Twitter search

• Complete profile (bio + good picture)• Choose your Twittername wisely• Tweet what you are looking for• Pin good tweet on profile• Monitor Hashtags • Engage on Twitter (Fav, RT, Reply)

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Gather intel on company via Twitter

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To be completed with FB

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