Social Media: The Key to a New Job
According to some studies one in six people found the job by using social media in 2011. Therefore, many people should consider social media when searching for a new job. This can be a highly effective way of finding a new job within the network of people that the person already associates with now and in the future. Therefore, this may yield the best results when a person is looking for a job.
The people in a network know the person better than anyone else. Therefore it is smart for a person to go to their network before they start looking for a job anywhere else. This is because the network knows them and is knowledgeable about the realistic capabilities of that particular person. The network is also aware of what they like and what they dislike in a formal job setting. This can be a major plus when looking for a job because half of the job is trying to learn the rules of that job and how a person can fit into those specific set goals.
Another reason this works well is that the user is already established within the company's mind because they have an idea of what that person does in their everyday life. This means that they can feel more comfortable with hiring that person before getting them on this team. They are aware of what that person does outside the business and what they like to spend their time doing. Therefore there are no problems in integration between the person and the new company.
If social media is good anything it is its ability to show a person's "digital footprints" to a company or organization. Social media is already tracking a multitude of metrics about a person. Why not use those metrics in ways that is useful for the consumer. As long as the consumer realizes that these metrics are being tracked they can deliver information to the social media program that they want known about themselves. This is known as reverse foot printing. In social media it is true that everyone is watching at every moment and evaluating a person. What is even worse is that they are evaluating a person retroactively. A person's history is available to those people who search their social media profiles therefore a company can and will look at a person profile and make an evaluation about what type of person they think that person is now and in the future.
Therefore, the best thing for a person to do when they want to find a job using social media to be very careful about what they say on the social media system into use the network that they have already developed to find a new job. These people in the network know how a person behaves and what they like and dislike. Therefore, they are able to give an accurate representation and are able to comb through the various jobs that they encounter during the day to find the perfect one for that particular person. This is the smartest way to use social media to find a job and it will make the job seeker very effective at finding a perfect match between work and personal preference.
Scott Buendia consults for Bizbuilt.com. All the views and tactics in this article are tactics and ideas of the author; they do not necessarily represent the ideals, beliefs, or trademarks of Bizbuilt.com. Visit his card on Bizbuilt here, https://www.bizbuilt.com/socialmediaprivacy.
