Comments on: How to Use Social Media in Your Job Hunt http://www.nicholasgporter.com/2010/04/14/how-to-use-social-media-in-your-job-hunt/ Communications. Media. Culture. Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:48:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Evan http://www.nicholasgporter.com/2010/04/14/how-to-use-social-media-in-your-job-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 Evan Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:45:52 +0000 http://www.nicholasgporter.com/?p=442#comment-2116 What about using social media to fill a job opening? I'm giving it a go as we speak: http://inkte.es/NowHiringEWI I have no idea what to expect, but it should be interesting. What about using social media to fill a job opening?

I’m giving it a go as we speak: http://inkte.es/NowHiringEWI

I have no idea what to expect, but it should be interesting.

]]> By: medical assistant http://www.nicholasgporter.com/2010/04/14/how-to-use-social-media-in-your-job-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-289 medical assistant Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.nicholasgporter.com/?p=442#comment-289 found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later

]]> By: Nicholas Porter http://www.nicholasgporter.com/2010/04/14/how-to-use-social-media-in-your-job-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Nicholas Porter Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:07:15 +0000 http://www.nicholasgporter.com/?p=442#comment-283 Daulton -- Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! The most positive feedback I've received from this blog entry comes from folks who never considered moving online relationships with professionals into the real world. I have "pulled the trigger" many times and can proudly report that most people are more than happy to help. Patrick -- Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you are taking your future plans so seriously these days. You are an extremely genial individual and quite the conversationalist. If you use those skills to reach out to professionals in your field, you will find yourself on the path to success in no time. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I will be more than happy to share my experiences with you. Daulton — Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! The most positive feedback I’ve received from this blog entry comes from folks who never considered moving online relationships with professionals into the real world. I have “pulled the trigger” many times and can proudly report that most people are more than happy to help.

Patrick — Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad you are taking your future plans so seriously these days. You are an extremely genial individual and quite the conversationalist. If you use those skills to reach out to professionals in your field, you will find yourself on the path to success in no time. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I will be more than happy to share my experiences with you.

]]> By: Patrick Vitalone http://www.nicholasgporter.com/2010/04/14/how-to-use-social-media-in-your-job-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Patrick Vitalone Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:44:14 +0000 http://www.nicholasgporter.com/?p=442#comment-282 Nick, I wanted to thank you for your inspiration regarding communication and social media websites. I have drawn from your personal example as a kind of blueprint to begin establishing myself as an academic in history. I've started a blog, twitter, and linkedin all in preparation for the commitment to a PhD. Keep the blogs coming, I enjoy them. Patrick Nick,

I wanted to thank you for your inspiration regarding communication and social media websites. I have drawn from your personal example as a kind of blueprint to begin establishing myself as an academic in history. I’ve started a blog, twitter, and linkedin all in preparation for the commitment to a PhD. Keep the blogs coming, I enjoy them.

Patrick

]]> By: Daulton West, Jr. http://www.nicholasgporter.com/2010/04/14/how-to-use-social-media-in-your-job-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Daulton West, Jr. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:22:24 +0000 http://www.nicholasgporter.com/?p=442#comment-281 A great blog post and sound advice, especially for those who haven't embraced social media in their job search yet. Takeaways: Use social media to engage, share valuable content, offer up your opinions to build your brand, and "pull the trigger" - I really liked this one. Use social media to build "online" relationships, but take the next step to strengthen the connection by meeting "offline" for an informational interview. Social media is part of our culture - it is the new way people connect and communicate on the internet, and it is here to stay. Those with vision understand this and are finding quicker, better ways to share information, late-breaking news, and reach a much larger audience through viral marketing made possible by social media networking. Another poet’s words seem to sum it up nicely: “And don't criticize What you can't understand … Your old road is rapidly agin'. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'.” - The Times They Are A-Changin', Bob Dylan, 1963 A great blog post and sound advice, especially for those who haven’t embraced social media in their job search yet.

Takeaways: Use social media to engage, share valuable content, offer up your opinions to build your brand, and “pull the trigger” – I really liked this one. Use social media to build “online” relationships, but take the next step to strengthen the connection by meeting “offline” for an informational interview.

Social media is part of our culture – it is the new way people connect and communicate on the internet, and it is here to stay.

Those with vision understand this and are finding quicker, better ways to share information, late-breaking news, and reach a much larger audience through viral marketing made possible by social media networking.

Another poet’s words seem to sum it up nicely:

“And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
… Your old road is rapidly agin’.
Please get out of the new one
If you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’.”

– The Times They Are A-Changin’, Bob Dylan, 1963

]]> By: Martin Buckland http://www.nicholasgporter.com/2010/04/14/how-to-use-social-media-in-your-job-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Martin Buckland Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:19:59 +0000 http://www.nicholasgporter.com/?p=442#comment-278 Great, succinct and powerful blog. As a Career Management Professional and Resume Writer I don't write a cover letter without a LinkedIn address and I can shortly see that a Twitter and Facebook address may be pertinent. Great, succinct and powerful blog. As a Career Management Professional and Resume Writer I don’t write a cover letter without a LinkedIn address and I can shortly see that a Twitter and Facebook address may be pertinent.

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