Careers Work and The Social web

Careers Work and the social web

Michael Larbalestier

People are Connecting, Sharing, Publishing, Collaborating, Asking, Answering, Suggesting, Agreeing, Demonstrating, Explaining, Disagreeing, Lobbying, Complaining, Campaigning, Meeting, Chatting, Learning, Indoctrinating, Inciting, Socialising, Interacting, Bullying, Abusing, Threatening, Vandalising, Exploiting, Selling, Buying, Stealing, Defrauding, Supporting, Mentoring, Motivating, Creating......

Japan: population 127m

Facebook: population 200m

100m log in daily

Over 66% outside college

Fastest growth over 35’s

39m members

In 200 countries

1,382%

growth

Source: Neilsen Net View Feb 09

Non contributors are the minority

Source

Netpop 2008

People are using the social web to ask

for help

Presence Reputation

Relationships Sharing

Identity

The social

web is your

new CV

Would you like

your IAG raw or

cooked?

Interview

Test

Read

View

Try

Social web

offers

raw IAG

Join

groups

Get a

mentor

Attend

virtual

events

Share

video

Follow

blogs

Watch

for

jobs

Get

answers

Which way

now?

New source of social LMI

Social web is your new CV

Social job hunting works

Many new advice sources

Advisers need to be online and help clients make sense of what they find

Thank you

Michael.Larbalestier@prospects.co.uk

http://careerswork20.blogspot.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaellarbalestier

http://twitter.com/michaellarbs

020 8315 1519

Photo credits:

Japan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/millzero/

Facebook: http://www.flickr.com/photos/69805768@N00/

Talk: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremywilburn/

Raw veg: http://www.flickr.com/photos/addwater/

Soup: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanan/

View: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjsorg/

Careers Office: http://www.flickr.com/photos/happyaslarry/

Read: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zzd/

Try: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eriklandru/

Linkedin http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifindkarma/

Blogger logo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brunopabreu/

CV: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oliviercharavel/

Second Life: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pathfinderlinden/

Clipboard: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/