1. Social Media in your Job/Internship Search:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

5. Anywhere from 45% to
80% of employers are
using the internet to
pre-screen candidates

6. 35% of employers reported they
have found content on social
networking sites that caused them
not to hire the candidate.
Why Employers Disregarded Candidates After Screening Online

7. 8% of employers reported they
have found content on social
networking sites that caused
them to hire the candidate.
Why Employers Hired Candidates After Screening Online

9. According to a recent survey by the Department of
Labor, networking accounts for at least 69% of all
annual hires.
Networking is one of the BEST ways to find
a job or internship.

10. Building real relationships, actively
maintaining them, and giving as
much as you take.

11. What is Social Media?
“Social media describes the online technologies
and practices that people use to share content,
opinions, insights, experiences, perspectives, and
media themselves.”
Social media is…
Editable
Popular
A conversation
Fast
Historical
Ironic Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_medi

13. • More than 350 million active users
• 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day

14. Facebooking for Jobs…101
 First, make a decision whether to keep
Facebook social or expand your use.
 If you decide to use Facebook for
professional networking, take a close look at
your Profile and decide what you want business
contacts or prospective employers to see - and
what you don't.
 Create a simple profile (or clean up your
existing one) with minimal graphics and
widgets.

15. Facebooking for Jobs…101
 Limit the photos you post.
 Post content relevant to your job search
or career.
 Use Facebook email to build
relationships with your “Friends”.
 Choose your friends wisely. Remember
your friends can see information about your
other friends in your Profile.

16. How to Use Facebook in Your Job/Internship Search
The most efficient way to use Facebook in
your job/internship search is to update
your status with relevant information.
(For example, if your looking for a job/internship and you let
your friends know, they will want to help you—perhaps by
passing along a contact that they know is hiring.)

18. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-
blogging service that enables its users to
send and read messages known as tweets.
Short, sweet and to the point.
140 characters (not words, not letters, characters) to say what you
want to say to your followers.

20. • 14,000,000+ Professionals
• 500,000+ Senior Executives
• Executives from 498 Fortune 500 companies
• 65,000 new professionals every week
• Average experience level: 15 yrs

27. Jennifer Fisher, Program Manager
jfisher@fwchamber.org
Graduate Retention Program
Twitter: Jenfisherfw
Blog: www.generationalsoup.com
www.fwchamber.org/grad