Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies [Paperback]

Joshua Waldman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2011

Harness social media to land your dream job

For anyone looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or just setting up for future success, social media sites are proven platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing the job. Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies enables you to harness the power of the Internet to research and identify job opportunities, and then create a strategy for securing a position.

Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies features in-depth coverage of topics such as: creating effective online profiles and resumes to sell your strengths; maintaining your online reputation (and ensuring that employers who Google you like what they find) and understanding electronic etiquette; using the power of personal branding and building your brand online; avoiding common pitfalls, such as jumping into filling out a social media profile without a strategy; getting to know Twitter, the only real-time job board with literally thousands of jobs posted daily; using social media sites to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market" ahead of the competition; and much more.

• Shows you how to easily harness social media sites
• Advice on how to brand yourself online
• Covers all of the latest and most popular social media sites: Google, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more

If you're a recent graduate, changing careers, or have been away from the job-search scene for a while, turn to the trusted guidance and expert insight of Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies.

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Use social media to land your dream job

If you're looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or preparing to re-enter the job market after being out of it for several years, you need to take advantage of social media for the best results. Social media sites are proven platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing jobs. But how to get started? The answers await you in Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies.

• Put social networking to work for you — get a crash course on how social media has changed the job search spectrum and get a refresher on online networking basics

• Make your mark — discover the importance of personal branding and how to best promote and communicate your message online

• Out with the old-school résumé — find out why creating a complete profile on LinkedIn is so important and get easy-to-follow guidance on updating your résumé for an online audience

• Get social — understand how to use Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites in new ways to make connections you never dreamed possible

• Be proactive — find opportunities and companies of interest and make connections with decision makers

Open the book and find:

• Why having an online presence is so important

• Advice on increasing your online visibility

• Tips on how to manage youronline reputation

• Ways to customize your online résumé

• The best ways to engage with hiring managers through social media

• Ten common mistakes job seekers make with social media (and how to avoid them)

Learn to:

• Harness the power of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and more to propel your job search

• Make your online profiles work for you so that opportunities knock at your door

• Create a winning strategy for securing a position

• Build your personal brand online to truly stand out from the crowd

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Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (September 6, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470930721
• ISBN-13: 978-0470930724
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (111 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #75 in Books > Computers & Technology > Business & Management > Social Media for Business

More About the Author

Joshua Waldman is an authority on leveraging social media to find employment. He is the author of Job Searching With Social Media For Dummies, and his writing has appeared in Forbes, Mashable and the International Business Times.

Joshua's career blog, CareerEnlightenment.com, helps thousands of readers each month to get ahead using his job advice. Joshua is a speaker and trainer who specializes in helping job seekers gain control of their careers in today's competitive economic and technology climates. He presents keynotes, trainings and breakout sessions around the country for students, career advisors, consortiums and professional organizations.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Covers Everything You Need to Know For Leveraging Social Media During Your Job Search September 6, 2011

By T. Elwell

Format:Paperback

For the last six months I have been studying personal branding and online reputation management and their best practices. Obviously, I was intrigued by this book when it came out and decided to see what it was all about. I know Joshua and know that he is very knowledgeable in the world of Job Search and Social media- but I have to say that he has really outdone himself with this book. Not only does it help readers establish a personal brand, but it gives them the information they need to leverage social media in a way that will help them instead of hurt them. He provides incredible tools that give you a better understanding of the world of personal branding and even goes as far as to list off the common mistakes that people make while using social media (trust me, more people make these mistakes than you can imagine).

If you're entering the job market for the first time as a college graduate, entering it again because of the job market, or simply looking for a new job and do not have a personal brand or know what social media is- I recommend Joshua's book as the first thing you should read to get you started.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Expert Advice September 5, 2011

By Dorje

Format:Paperback

I have been learning everything out there--and spending thousands--about social media, online presence, building a personal profile, etc, etc., for about three years now.
Though I am not job searching myself, I found the book full of little gems that I did not get in any video courses, online training or anywhere else. Plus it organizes the otherwise chaotic fragments of information on the subject and makes it truly workable.

I am also suggesting this book to several out of work friends...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for standing out of the crowd and getting your dream job September 5, 2011

By Ezequiel Camusio

Format:Paperback

I speak at social media conferences all over the country. My main audience is business owners and CMOs, but in this economy I always get several questions about using social media to find a job (or even better, to get recruited).

I had compiled a list of blog posts that were somewhat useful, but this book is THE ultimate resource for using social media to find a job. I have already recommended it to a few dozen people.

These are the three reasons I liked this book so much:
- It's easy to read and extremely well organized
- It uses a very hands-on approach. It shows you exactly what you need to do, step-by-step.
- It has many screenshots and to-do lists, making the information really easy to digest.