You can use social media to build your true-to-self personal brand and work to shape the ways you’re perceived by the world. Learn how with Kelly Barrett, United Way Worldwide’s social media manager.
1. Kelly Barrett
Social Media Manager,
United Way Worldwide
Tw: @KellyAlysia
Li: kellyabarrett
Fb: /kellyalysia
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6. { agenda }
• Scary stats (not actually that scary)
• Three must-do steps for rocking at social
medias that have almost nothing to do with
social media
• My prescribed “ground rules” for social
• My best pro tips, for pros and pros-to-be
• Q&A
7. { point of clarification }
• This presentation is mostly for your own
personal social media presence.
• BUT. It’s important to keep in mind each of
you are an extension and ambassador for
your Student United Way AND United Way
overall.
• When each of you look good, the
organization looks good and we all look
good together.
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9. About
2 out of 5
companies use social
networking sites to vet job
candidates.
30. Why do I need a website?
1.Search.
2.Visibility + polished appearance.
31. Why do I need a website?
1.Search.
2.Visibility + polished appearance.
3.Professionalism.
32. Why do I need a website?
1.Search.
2.Visibility + polished appearance.
3.Professionalism.
4.To stand out or at least, never be
behind.
33. Why do I need a website?
1.Search.
2.Visibility + polished appearance.
3.Professionalism.
4.To stand out or at least, never be
behind.
5.Perfect link to collect all the great
stuff you do.
36. Where should I put my website?
1.Business card
2.Résumé
3.Every form you fill out about
yourself (Eventbrite invites,
scholarship application forms)
37. Where should I put my website?
1.Business card
2.Résumé
3.Every form you fill out about
yourself (Eventbrite invites,
scholarship application forms)
4.Social media sites
38. Where should I put my website?
1.Business card
2.Résumé
3.Every form you fill out about
yourself (Eventbrite invites,
scholarship application forms)
4.Social media sites
5.Wherever else it could be helpful
45. For everything you post on
social media, ask yourself if
you’d be cool with:
- Your grandma reading it
- Your professor/coach reading it
- Your future boss reading it
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47. Make all your social media
profiles public. It’s good practice
and shows people you’re not
trying to hide anything.
(If you’re posting stuff that should be private, maybe you
shouldn’t be posting it.) #justsayin
48. Try to keep some consistency
around who you are from
platform to platform. This helps
your digital persona to be more
recognizable, and make you
more memorable to people.
50. #Protip: Make an account on
SlideShare. Upload presentations from
projects you have created to highlight your
skills.
51. #Protip: Make your
Linkedin shine by
checking out the areas
you can fill in like
volunteer engagement,
leadership roles, college
courses, awards, test
scores (if good). You’re
already doing this stuff
so get credit for it!
58. { on Twitter }
• Find the people whose jobs you want
one day, and follow them.
59. { on Twitter }
• Find the people whose jobs you want
one day, and follow them.
• If they ask a question and you have
an answer, reply to them.
60. { on Twitter }
• Find the people whose jobs you want
one day, and follow them.
• If they ask a question and you have
an answer, reply to them.
• Engage in a non-creepy way,
occasionally (retweets/favorites).
63. { final thoughts }
• Be positive.
• Share content that reflects who you
are and what you love.
64. { final thoughts }
• Be positive.
• Share content that reflects who you
are and what you love.
• Be nice to people, because every
connection is important.
Ask if they are using each of these networks/ask a few more Q’s.
CLARIFY: how this applies to them personally/professionally and how it applies to their clubs, or at least clarify that the session shows how they overlap or focuses on one more than the other.
CLARIFY: how this applies to them personally/professionally and how it applies to their clubs, or at least clarify that the session shows how they overlap or focuses on one more than the other.
According to a new survey from CareerBuilder
Of the employers who do not research candidates on social media, 15 percent said their company prohibits the practice
Eleven percent report they do not currently use social media to screen, but plan to start
What might be surprising is social recruiting is more likely to get you hired, plus it can help you stay employed longer. Jobvite recently released a survey showing more people get hired from online referrals and company career pages than from job boards. As shown in the infographic below, almost half of the social recruiting hires remained in their positions for over three years.
It only seemed appropriate to take this question to my Twitter followers. So I did, and here’s a bit of what I got back.
Throw money at it? Not exactly.
Just post lots of cat photos? Maybe.
Or puppy pics?
Those answers aren’t entirely wrong but I had something else in mind.
Now we are getting there!
Got it. Social media is wicked important. So what’s the best first step.
Who here already has a (professional) website (not a blog, not a linkedin page)?
Here is an example, my website on the about.me website.
You may need to get slightly creative to purchase the domain for your name (adding in your middle name or initial, etc.)
There’s a lot of social media sites out there. But for the purposes of today we aren’t going to chat about them all.
As we all know, people act differently on different social media sites. FB is for showing off to your friends and family. Tumblr is for shade.
CareerBuilder.com study found that more than half of respondents cited inappropriate photos or information and 44 percent mentioned the posting of drug- or drinking-related content as reasons for turning down a job applicant. Remember, just because your Facebook profile has privacy settings doesn't mean you're invisible online. Some companies direct their own employees and interns to snoop around and use all kinds of channels to get access to information.
Same or similar picture/handle/bio, interests, types of content you post, etc.
In other words, Slideshare helps your profile become more visible not only by putting you higher in search rankings in the search engines and LinkedIn, but by providing engaging content your potential audience wants to see when they do reach your profile. Talk about a win-win scenario. Slideshare is FREE.
Go beyond traditional info like your title and board memberships. The more you fill in your profile, the higher search rankings it gets in Linkedin, and the easier it’ll be for future networking connections or employers to find you!
An easy trick that goes a long way.
An easy trick that goes a long way.
Google themselves and see what they can find about themselves. There are websites that help them rank their contents on Google searches (such as https://brandyourself.com might be good for them to consider ranking what contents they want to keep when potential employers or grad school people search.