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Social Media: 8 Ways to Make Facebook Your Friend – Part 2

November 18th, 2010

By Andrew C Abraham

Let’s continue on from Part 1 shall we?

5.   Become a content provider – this point is a corollary to the previous one. Rather than flood your news stream with inane remarks that add no value to people’s lives, provide links to insightful articles and videos.

Most people on Facebook are really only offline friends with 20% of their online friends. Hence, the majority of your network isn’t going to care about the everyday bits and pieces of your life. You’re much more likely to be listened to if your focus is on what others are interested in consuming.

Generally the links and resources you provide others are also indicative of your passions and interests. An employer therefore that views your news stream is able to get a much clearer picture of your personality and ultimately whether you would be a good cultural fit for the organization. » Read more: Social Media: 8 Ways to Make Facebook Your Friend – Part 2

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Social Media: 8 Ways to Make Facebook Your Friend – Part 1

November 17th, 2010

In a previous post I elaborated on the increasing trend by hiring managers to screen candidates using social media. As this strategy emerges here in Asia, many young job-seekers are perplexed as to how they can prevent themselves falling through the rabbit-hole when using social media tools.

Practically every single student here in Singapore is on Facebook, and most would limit their activity to social interactions and frivolity with friends. It’s rare to find job-seekers network or leverage their Facebook profile to advance their career search, in fact it probably wouldn’t have occurred to most that it’s even possible. Let me tell you it can, and it doesn’t mean losing the social and fun element of it, but rather just using some common sense.

Here is a list of 7 methods job-seekers can use to make their Facebook profile work FOR them, instead of against them. » Read more: Social Media: 8 Ways to Make Facebook Your Friend – Part 1

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Personal Branding: Does Your Online Reputation Matter?

November 8th, 2010

By Andrew C Abraham

For every person that you ask about online reputation you’ll get a different opinion as to whether it matters in your job search, or life for that matter. I’m of the opinion that young job-seekers should be very wary of information they post online as it may come back to haunt them when they least expect it. There’s considerable discussion around this issue, so I’m going to elucidate the subject over a series of posts on online reputation. Rather than rely on conjecture to put my arguments forward, let me reference a recent survey commissioned by Microsoft.

  • The survey studies how recruiters and HR professionals use online reputational information in their candidate review processes, and how consumers feel about this use of their information.
  • Approximately 1,100 HR Professionals and 1,300 Consumers were surveyed from the USA, UK, Germany and France.

Let’s first define Online Reputation:

An online reputation is the publicly held social evaluation of a person based on his or her behavior, what he or she posts, and what others (such as individuals, groups, and Web services) share about the person on the Internet. » Read more: Personal Branding: Does Your Online Reputation Matter?

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