Using Social Media to Help You Dig For Gold

Abby KohutPresident & Staffing Consultant

Staffing Symphony, LLC

Digging for Gold

Using Social Media

1.1. Social Media & personal brandingSocial Media & personal branding

2.2. Social Media & recruitingSocial Media & recruiting

3.3. Social Media & job seekingSocial Media & job seeking

Abby Kohut

101 Job Search Secrets

Amazon.com

Recruiting for Gold

in 2010

60+ million experienced professionals from 60+ million experienced professionals from 200+ countries representing 170 industries200+ countries representing 170 industries

LinkedIn members include 130,000 recruitersLinkedIn members include 130,000 recruiters

Executives from many companies disclose Executives from many companies disclose what they do, where they work now, and what they do, where they work now, and where theywhere they’’ve worked in the past ve worked in the past

There are members from all 500 of the There are members from all 500 of the Fortune 500 companiesFortune 500 companies

“RELATIONSHIPS MATTER”

ItIt’’s FREE!!!s FREE!!!

“RELATIONSHIPS MATTER”

Seeking your Golden Job

Company Sleuthing

- Your interviewers

- Current employees

- Former employees

Find someone inside the company to walk your Find someone inside the company to walk your resume to the hiring manager or the VP of HRresume to the hiring manager or the VP of HR

Abby’s ABC’s of Social Media

A = Always be PositiveA = Always be PositiveB = Be YourselfB = Be YourselfC = Caution CountsC = Caution CountsD = Different DeliversD = Different DeliversE = Enjoy Networking!E = Enjoy Networking!