Nowadays the recruiters use social media to search for the ideal candidate to introduce in the company; they scan the profiles, personal interests, posts and tweets, to understand the personality of the candidate.
Therefore, to be registered in one or more social networks is a great advantage for several reasons:
- It represents the business card through which a recruiter judge if a candidate is appropriate or not for a job;
- It demonstrates the ability to relate and create system (the distinctiveness more sought by the recruiters);
- It allows you to be updated on events, programs, training courses, workshops and much more, in your city or anywhere else you aspire to go to work.
Very often we can find new social platforms on the web, to meet people or just to spend free time, but there are some of them that can be very useful to find job or to form a professional relationships. Between these:
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login
It is the professional social network par excellence. You can form professional “connections” in the working environment you would like to work; you can look for job in the section dedicated to job offers and send your application directly from there; you can share public information on your personal page, video, images, or documents as a way to get noticed by companies.
In LinkedIn there are many groups and forums where you have the opportunity to compare opinions, to ask for advices or to make suggestions about the main theme of the discussion. In the section dedicated to your profile you can enter your personal and professional information, and also the address of a blog or personal web page, suitable for certain types of profession.
It is a professional social network like LinkedIn. It has similar functions as groups, and a forum where you ask questions on any topic of work. You can contact with other social network users through an instant messaging service or online calls.
Womenalia
https://www.womenalia.com/us/
It is a professional social network created for women but does not exclude the registration to men too. It is available only for certain countries (United States, Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Spain), and it is suitable for those who sought job and for women entrepreneurs in search of aid and subsidies, to start their own project abroad.
Meetup
https://www.meetup.com/
It is a social network for meeting groups of people with similar interests on technology, sports, photography, food, music, language and culture, cinema, dance, and more. Furthermore in this social network you can find dates for workshop, useful to be known.
LetsLunch
https://letslunch.com/user/login
It is a social network for business lunches with professionals in the desired sector, in your area or city.
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/
It is the most used social network to make friends, but it is also widely used for business purposes. Once you create your profile, with information on your professional position, the easiest action to make contact with others is the bottom “like”. In this way you will have access to updates of the company or the person you are interested in to follow the latest news. Besides to be seen by companies and recruiters, you have to ensure to have the public profile. If you use Facebook in your spare time, you can change your privacy settings to restrict only certain content to your friends and at the same time maintaining a good public image, depending on the type of job you aspire.
Twitter
https://twitter.com/
It is a popular social network, like Facebook. Once you have created your account, through the search engine you can follow the companies or people of your interest; or by using the hashtag you can filter the information to get the ones you want on the type of work or city you are looking for, example: #joblondon.
You can post tweets (short messages of 140 characters) that any user may read, where you can say that you are looking for job; or you can comment tweet of companies or people who are following.
Google+
https://plus.google.com/collections/featured
It is a social network where you can enter in the community and discuss of a certain topic of your interest. In your profile you can add addresses of other social networks where you are in. Being a Google social media will give you more chances to appear in the results of its search engine.
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/
It is a social network very useful, especially for creative professional profiles, it allows you to pass on your skills, your talent through a video. Or you can use to create a video resume, sometimes more required than the traditional CV.
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/
It is another social network widely used by photo enthusiastic, and as entertainment in the spare time, or to work. For those who are looking for work in creative fields, this social network is one of the most suitable.
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/
It is a social platform to make PowerPoint presentations of your resume, and to share other information or documents that underline your knowledge of the field where you aspire to work.
Freelancer
https://www.freelancer.com/
It is a web dedicated to self-employed, where they can find job offers and apply to specifying their training and experience.
Personal web page or blog
Another form to stay on web is through a personal web page or blog: buying a domain with your name, you ensure a personal brand that you can take care of every detail. Choosing format and content according to your needs, type of profession that you exercise, or field that you want to talk.
Digital business cards
They are another way to present yourself online. Just a simple registration and then you can load all the data needed for a good presentation of yourself:
Having a few profiles but well done, in a natural way, and with continuity could prove a powerful tool to demonstrate interest and desire to get involved. Try it, it’s free!
