Have you wondered how you could use Social Media to get in front of employers? Job Hop gives you plenty of tips and advice on using social media to get a job. To find out more e mail julie@jobhop.co.uk http://www.jobhop.co.uk

1. How Can YOU use
Social Media to get in
front of Employers?

2. 8 out of 10 Employers are looking
online for Candidates

3. Where do you start?
• Remove all wild party photos
• Remove yourself from groups like
“Farting makes me feel good”
• Get friends to remove indecent Tags
• Google yourself

4. 800 Million users
Including Employers!

5. • Make sure your Profile has plenty of
Professional Information
• A good profile picture
• Positive upbeat Status updates
• Join groups and pages that are relevant &
where you can interact with employers
• Establish expertise by sharing links
• Link back to your blog,website,C.V
• Use Notes to deliver good content
• Don’t be boring keep it social
• Try FB ads

6. • Use Keywords in your Bio
• Use a link in your Bio to a Blog or an
online profile
• Catchy Twitter names Mix profession &
personality ie MarketingMike MDPhil
HaircutKim
• @TweetMyJobs @jobhopjulie
@TwitJobSearch #jobsearch

7. • Make sure your Profile has plenty of “keywords”
• Get recommendations
• Upload slideshare presentations
• Join groups in your desired profession
• Answer questions to establish your expertise
• Target companies
• Add your skills
• Add your blog

8. • Great for attracting Employers
• Showcase your knowledge
• Guest Blog
• “Keyword Rich”
• Put links to your Blog from other platforms
• Availability for Employers to leave comments

9. • Attract Employers to you
• “Keyword rich” Profile
• Hear of good jobs before others
• Check out employers
• Blog
• Everything in one place

10. • Good Keywords will help with SEO
• Google own YouTube making ranking easier
• Show your expertise
• Direct employers to your videos
• Link your video to your professional Profile/s

11. • An online professional profile
• Ability to get Profile cards to give to prospects
• Facility to ping your profile across the social web
• Embed your link on your Blog
• Submit your profile page to Bing, Google & Yahoo

12. • Great for Techies/socmed geeks
• Easy to connect with employers, no gatekeepers
• Organise employers into circles
• Relevant status update to relevant circles

13. • Great place to show case presentations
• Be seen as the expert
• Capture leads if you upgrade
• Upload your presentation/s to Linkedin

14. • Career networking on Facebook
• See who’s linked to what company
• Get recommendations
• Get Top Inside Connections

15. For more Job Tips
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email julie@jobhop.co.uk