How to find a Job through Social Media

There have been a lot of people who have lost their jobs due to the current state of the US economy. Many have turned to the web to find employment on job sites and popular social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Which has left many to ask “How can I possibly find a job using social media?”. In order to shed some light on the topic we composed a few simple tips that will change the way you look for future jobs using social media.

• The first thing that you want to do is to figure out what are the top 5 companies that you would be interested in working for. This is going to help you to be focused instead of sending a ton of emails and upsetting a lot of people. You want to show the people that you are contacting that you are very eager to work for the company- but not desperate.
• The second thing that you want to do is to use the search engines to find and track the employees who work for the companies. Use corporate groups, corporate pages, and people who are Facebook. You can also do your searches on Twitter. Once you have found one of the people who work for a company, google their name to find out if there is any more information that you can find out about them.
• The third thing that you want to do is to get in contact with that person. This is where finding the person on a social media platform comes in handy. You don’t have to necessarily be friends with someone to get in contact with them.

But keep in mind that they may not want to be bothered about job inquiries. Do your homework about the company and their interests, and then get in contact with them. Don’t bring up a job right away. Have a friendly conversation with them and then, when you feel comfortable, casually bring up the fact that you are interested in a job.
You don’t want the person to think that the only reason that you sent them a message is that you are looking for a job, even though that may be the case.

Remember when you are doing a people search and trying to find out more about the employees of a company, you are going to have a better chance of being hired if you act eager but not too eager. You want to be friendly and casual, you don’t want the person to think that you are using them, and you want it to be a big surprise when you finally ask about a job.

The barriers that used to exist years ago when it comes to job searches and contacting people no longer exist thanks to social media. Take advantage of it, but don’t make the people think that you are taking advantage of them. If you make a bad impression, not only will they shut you out but they may speak badly of you to their superiors.

3 Responses to “How to find a Job through Social Media”

1. Matt says:

   August 27, 2009 at 10:42 am

   Thank you for posting these insight tips, I always wondered what people were talking about. Use social media, I am like what?

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3. Ayan says:

   October 25, 2009 at 7:18 pm

   Thanks for the great tips. It’s really helpful.

   Thank you very much.

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