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Can Facebook Get You A Job?

CAN FACEBOOK GET YOU A JOB? How Social Media is Reshaping The Job Search The days of printing out a stack of résumés and handing them out at job fairs are definitely over. Social media is the new 24/7 job fair, providing amazing ways to constantly stay on the radar of prospective employers, but many people still don't know how to utilize it. Don't let your MBA go to waste. Here's the lay of the social job seeking land in 2011, based on a recent study by Jobvite: HOW ARE PEOPLE FINDING JOBS? 1 in 6 workers used social media to get hired. Classifieds Classifieds Classifieds Classifieds Classifieds How employees found their current job: Referral from Professional Or Personal Contacts 36% Newspaper 30% Internet Job Board 30% Internal Job Listing For Current Employees 21% Company Career Site 20% Online Social Network 16% Career Fair UP FROM 14% 11% IN 2010. Recruiter Agency Or Independent 13% NEARLY 9 IN 10 JOB SEEKERS have a profile on a social media site. 54% OF ALL JOB SEEKERS use Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn to find jobs. SOCIAL JOB HUNTING BY NETWORK f in 18,400,000 8,000,000 10,200,000 AMERICANS SAY FACEBOOK AMERICANS SAY TWITTER AMERICANS SAY LINKEDIN GOT THEM THEIR CURRENT JOB GOT THEM THEIR CURRENT JOB GOT THEM THEIR CURRENT JOB NEW JERSEY MICHIGAN NYC L.A. That's more than the That's equal to the entire state of New Jersey. That's more than populations of New York City and L.A. combined. the state of Michigan. Job hunters in in the last year: 50% 25% 26% USED THE SITE TO LOOK FOR A JOB 20% 8% 15% PUT PROFESSIONAL INFO IN THEIR PROFILE 16% 6% 9% GOT A JOB REFFERAL The face of MALE FEMALE the job hunter: FACEBOOK 69% 65% 56% TWITTER 44% 35% 31% LINKEDIN EARN MORE THAN UNDER 40 YEARS OLD COLLEGE GRADUATES $75K PER YEAR 69% 64% 54% 48% 58% 49% 42% 53% 36% SUPER SOCIAL SEEKERS "Super Social" job seekers are those with more than 150 contacts on a given network. 4 IN 10 JOB SEEKERS ARE "SUPER SOCIAL" on one of their sites. OVER 1 IN 4 SUPER SOCIAL SEEKERS found a job through social networks. Where are users "super social?" 84% 39% 35% FACEBOOK TWITTER LINKEDIN Super Social Seekers VS. Normal Job Seekers Moral of the story: being Super Social pays off. SUPER SOCIAL SEEKERS NORMAL JOB SEEKERS SEARCHED FOR JOBS ON TWITTER 32% 20% UPDATED FACEBOOK PROFILE WITH PROFESSIONAL INFO 45% 9% 48% 11% HAD CONTACT WITH A RECRUITER ON LINKEDIN TIPS FOR SUPER SOCIAL SEEKERS 1 2 3 FACEBOOK TWITTER LINKEDIN Post "Notes" Follow Companies Use a profile picture that you use on multiple sites and Jobs Feeds Notes stay in friends' feeds longer than status updates. Use them to describe your situation and job interests. Follow companies you'd like to work for, as well as their You may be multifaceted, but using 1 photo helps you seem consistent and memorable employees. Reach out to them and inquire about jobs. Check out Jobvite's full results at: http://recruiting.jobvite.com/resources/social-recruiting-survey.php CREATED BY: MBAONLINE.COM REFERENCES: http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/04/news/economy/jobs_report_unemployment/index.htm http://blog.linkedin.com/2009/04/09/matthew-schwartz-msj- grab-recruiters-attention-with-these-8-simple-linkedin-tweaks/ http://jobsearch.about.com/od/networking/a/socialmedia.htm http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Social-Job-Seekers- Getting-Ahead-Jobvite-Survey-Reveals-One-Six-Workers-Successfully-1587676.htm

Can Facebook Get You A Job?

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The days of printing out a stack of resumes and handing them out at job fairs are definitely over, thanks to Facebook and other Social Networking sites.

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