Peers Using Social Media to Network and Find Jobs. Using LinkedIn.com, Facebook and other social sites to connect with employers and research people and companies for a job search.

1. Michael Gray
SocialNetworkAssist.com
520-548-1970
Networking With Social
Media

2.  900 million + people are on Facebook
 300 million registered tweeters on twitter
 80% of companies now use LinkedIn to find
employees. Socialnomics.net
 95% of companies using social media for
recruiting use LinkedIn. Socialnomics.net
 37% of companies research social media
sites for potential hires. Last year that
number was 21% careerbuilder.com survey

3.  1 in 5 couples meet online
 The DOE reported that online students
are outperforming in class students.
 Marketing companies are now checking
your Klout score to see if you have online
influence.

4.  Do you know what your online presence looks
like?

5.  How well does your online presence represent
you?

8.  Digital introduction before face to face
networking
 It does not replace face to face networking
 Introduce yourself
 Ask questions
 Listen
 Digital pre-introduction
 Spend some time stalking
 Research companies and its people
 Gist.com

9.  Why network with social media?
 It’s Free
 24/7 access
 Shows your technical skills and adaptability
 Gives you more reach
 More possibilities of communicating who you are
 A way to build your online credibility
 It is a pre introduction to live meetings
 Allows you to prescreen peer to peer or corporate
networking connections.
 Klout.com Example

10.  Social Networking Traps
 Don’t get swallowed by the monster
 Set Time Limits
 Set Goals
 Make a to do list
 It does not replace face to face
networking

11.  Protect Your Online Brand
 Google yourself “incognito” often
 Make sure your information is up to date
and correct
 Consider hiring a writer to rewrite your
content and descriptions
 Resources for brand recovery and
cleaning http://www.reputation.com/
 Create more content to replace bad
content

12.  Various Brands Breakdown
 LinkedIn
 Google +
 Facebook
 Twitter
 YouTube
 Blogging
 Wordpress
 Blogger

13.  Linked in For Job seekers
 Work to get close to 100%
 Import your business email contacts
 Ask for recommendations
 Searching and joining industry groups
 Searching companies
 Searching jobs
 Searching employers

14.  Connectivity & Being More
Searchable
 Decide what central site to point to.
 Blog
 LinkedIn
 About.us

15. https://www.facebook.com/SocialNetworkAssist
Michael @socialnetworkassist.com
http://twitter.com/mikeonsocial