“Harness Social Media to Land your Dream Job”
Job Searching with Social Media
for Dummies by Joshua Waldman is a great tool for the job seeker who is a
recent graduate, one seeking a career transition, or one returning to the job market
after an absence. In addition, this book contains helpful tips for the currently
employed to boost their future marketability. Social media sites like Facebook,
Twitter, and LinkedIn are proven platforms for facilitating connections and
demonstrating passions and interest. This book enables the candidate to use the
power of the Internet to research and identify job opportunities. For those
actively seeking a position, the steps outlined in this book, such as how to
brand yourself online or understanding the latest changes to social platforms
and websites, can help the reader create a strategy for getting the job they
want.
Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies covers topics that
the modern job seeker would consider vital, such as creating effective online
profiles and resumes to sell your strengths; maintaining your online reputation
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.
Strengths: This book provides thorough coverage of relevant
topics for a job seeker to be competitive in their search, and does so
succinctly. It is also possible for the reader to gain benefit from only a few
of the chapters.
Weaknesses: There is a heavy dependence on theory in the concepts
proposed in this book, rather than on actual evidence of success.
Waldman, Joshua. Job
Searching with Social Media for Dummies (2nd Edition). Somerset, NJ, USA:
John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
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