Facebook for Job Searching

Facebook for Job Search

Sarah Rach-Sovich

Concerns

• Privacy – Yes, you can adjust your settings– BUT… assume it is all public (because most of it is!)

• Be appropriate

Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Etc?

• Which one is best?• Apples – oranges• Different purposes, audiences, etc.• Even Linkedin & Twitter have a Facebook

Page• Vice versa – Twitter & FB have LI company pages – LI & FB have Twitter handles

• Largest social network• FB has more active users than LI• Primarily for personal rather than professional

networking• Recruiters and head hunters are gaining interest in

FB• Apps & Groups• MORE exposure! (google) • Bigger network! More jobs!

General Tips to Get Started

• Need an email address• Professional profile picture• Cover photo• Complete your profile• Add friends

FB Friends Tip

• Smart lists are geared toward professional networking

• Smart lists – group people based on how you know them– Can even post to specific groups

• You can change whose updates you see and don’t see (without un-friending)

• Pages Newsfeed

What else can you do?

• Post status updates– Text, photos, videos, links – Ask a question, fill in the blanks, caption a photo,

quotes, reference an article• Newsfeed• Write messages• Notes

And??• Visit other people’s walls (post on them)• Fan pages -- “like” them and create one (?)• Join groups – Add apps

Find Networking Events

• Facebook Events = Tons of invites!• Make going to them a priority -- Why? • There will be people you already know there, who

will introduce you to other people they know• Conversation starter… going to a Facebook event,

then continuing the event with photos and posts online afterward is a great way to strengthen relationships and begin new ones!

• Apps – MeetUp, EventBrite

Connecting other SM• My Twitter connects to FB… so it auto posts• Read articles and use the share button to create

posts• Be careful – again, different audiences, different

purposes – they don’t want to see the exact same thing!

Did you know?

Want to know more about Facebook?

• Check out my Pinterest board: Facebook Fancy