1. PUTTING SOCIAL
MEDIA TO WORK:
PERSONAL BRANDING AND
YOUR CAREER
A M A N D A C L AY P O W E R S
VIRTUAL REFERENCE PROJECT
MANAGER
SOCIAL MEDIA LIBRARIAN
M I S S I S S I P P I S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y
LIBRARIES
APRIL 5, 2012
4. FACT: YOUR REPUTATION MATTERS
75% of companies have policies
that require review of
reputational data
79% of recruiters and HR
professionals are looking
Crosstab Market Research Report for Microsoft
January 2010
9. FACT: YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
• Be Consistent and Unique in Branding
• Bend Google to Your Will: Try Google+
• Create a Public View on Facebook
• Create a Professional Twitter Account
• Consider a Personal Website
• Get SEO to Work for You
10. “SUPER SOCIAL” JOB SEEKERS GETTING JOB
REFERRALS BY NETWORK
43% from LinkedIn
32% from Twitter
25% from Facebook
Marketwire.com 2011
11. FACT: PEOPLE ARE GETTING JOBS USING SOCIAL MEDIA
18.4 Million Americans credit
10.2 Million Americans credit
8.0 Million Americans credit
Marketwire.com November 2011
12. FACT: SOCIAL MEDIA CAN GET YOU A JOB (MAYBE)
Personality
Professional qualifications
Creativity
Communication skills
Well-rounded
Comments from others
2009 Harris Interactive Study for CareerBuilder.com
15. CLEAN IT UP—TOOLS ARE OUT THERE
Socioclean.com
Free in part
Facebook and Twitter
IDs from Specialized Dictionary
Targeted removal of individual problems
Needs to be Customized
Can be slow
Exfoliate app for Android (FB)
Free
Can be slow
Only for Android
Removes by time period or or type
16. FACT: YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF
Facebook
Clean up Timeline
Make Friend Lists
Adjust Privacy Settings
Twitter
Make Twitter Private
Obscure Your Name/Handle
Go Through By Tweet
Create a Professional Twitter Accout
LinkedIn -- Shouldn’t need to!
17. FACT: IT’S NOT JUST HIRING EITHER
24% have disciplined an employee for
activity on social networks
25% are actively monitoring activity
40% are passively monitoring activity
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Compliance: What Are
Companies Doing. Health Care Compliance Association and
the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics. 2009.
18. FREEBIE: IT’S MORE THAN JUST SOCIAL MEDIA
Employers Disregard Candidates
Because of Email Content
Candidate used emoticons
Candidate used text language in an
email or job application
Email Still Matters
2009 Harris Interactive Study for CareerBuilder.com
19. SO WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP?
Your Online Presence IS Your Interview
20. FACT: YOU CONTROL YOUR IMAGE
• Pick a Brand Name for Yourself & Create an Email
Account
• Start Using It and Show Off Your Talent(s)
• Google Plus
• LinkedIn
• Investigate Your Industry
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Pick Your Move
• Add Social Media That Works for You
• Demonstrate Expertise
• Network
21. CITED
Wortham, Jenna. “More Employers Use Social Networks to Check Out Applicants.”
New York Times: Technology Bits. August 20, 2009.
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Compliance: What Are Companies Doing. A Survey by
the Health Care Compliance Association and the Society for Corporate Compliance
and Ethics. 2009.
Job Screening with Social Networks: How are Employers Screening Job Applicants.
2011 http://www.reppler.com
Online Reputation in a Connected World. Crosstab Market Research Report for
Microsoft. January 2010.
Roberts, Donna. Branding And How It Works In The Social Media Age.
http://aytm.com/blog/research-junction/branding-and-how-it-works-in-the-social-
media-age/. January 2012
Social Job Seekers Getting Ahead: Jobvite Survey Reveals One in Six Workers
Successfully Used Social Networks to Get Hired http://www.marketwire.com/press-
release/social-job-seekers-getting-ahead-jobvite-survey-reveals-one-six-workers-
successfully-1587676.htm. November 2011
22. QUESTIONS? LET’S TALK.
Amanda Clay Powers
Assistant Professor
Virtual Reference Project Manager
Social Media / Business / Agriculture
Mississippi State University Libraries
apowers@library.msstate.edu
Gtalk: amandaclaypowers
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Notes de l'éditeur
I'm sorry I'm a little late on responding to you about what we would like for you to speak about. We are very interested in that Facebook clean-up site that Lyle told us you knew a lot about. We would like for you to hit on some things about how to keep any social network clean since most everybody has access to it, and how to get connected with each other and out professors while in college. We're in the Hearin Leadership Program, so we should all try to network with one another, because we are supposed to be the leaders on campus and when we leave, and we need to try to network with professionals on campus and in the community for recommendation letters, etc. So, some tips and tools for that. If you have any more questions, just let me know!