This topic was presented at the Schulich 2009 Alumni Event in last November.

1. Building Your Presence in the Social Media Era Daisy Wright, CCMC CCM CDP Senior Consultant, Graham Management Group & Chief Career Strategist, The Wright Career Solution daisy@thewrightcareer.com

3. Four Key Social Networks for your Career

4. LinkedIn

5. Twitter

6. VisualCV

7. Blogswww.careerdirectors.com 1

9. fewer jobs available

10. more competition for those jobs and

11. more touch points for recruiters and seekers to interact

12. A recent survey from eMarketer.com

13. More execs are warming up to Social Media

14. Of 438 management, marketing and human resources executives polled

15. 81% saw social media as being useful for both brand-building and enhancing customer or client relationships.

16. 70% see it as a valuable recruitment tool,

17. 64% think social media is useful for customer service

18. How do execs use social media

19. 82% brand-building as their top goal

20. 60%followed by networkingwww.careerdirectors.com 1

22. One of the fastest growing recruiting tools used by recruiters

23. Main place for sourcing candidates because it’s free and top professionals are present

24. Allows you to network and connect for opportunities while building your brand and sharing your expertise

26. Quick Look-up

27. Q&A

28. Recommendations

29. Background checks

31. What is Twitter

32. A free online micro-blogging application

33. Ability to send out short messages (up to 140 characters) called "tweets" to people who are following you

35. revolutionized the resume forever by radically improving the ways in which resume data is presented, accessed and shared.

36. One of the fastest growing recruiting tools used by recruiters

37. Puts you in control of which jobs, employers or recruiters and to pursue

38. Send a link to employers, recruiters, colleagues, network contacts

39. Post as a link on job sites

41. Blogging is a cost-effective way to communicate quickly and a new way of marketing.

42. Known as amateur journalism – people use it to journalize thoughts; corporations use it as an additional marketing tool

43. People are using Blogs to communicate their expertise either through their own blogs or commenting on other people’s