Why you should be showing your students how to use social media successfully. Social media isn't going to go away so you owe it to your students to give them guidelines

1. Students
Social media
&
Social employment

2. Students use social media mainly to stay
connected with their friends

3. Students use social media for personal
communications

4. But what if they’re shown the other uses
for social media ?

5. If Students knew
friends are
It’s Not Just where their Friends are
• Employers
• Influencers
• career advisors
• Recruiters
• Job boards
• Entrepreneurs

6. They don’t just do technology they live it
So it makes sense to show them how to be
clever with it

7. You can show students
How to Use Social Media to
attract future employers

8. They’re Hungry for information & want it now ?
Twitter : No
gatekeepers speak
directly to members
of the organisation.
Find out information
instantly

9. Show Students how to
tap into Twitter

10. Students dont like to
watch Tv
Youtube: start
researching company
videos

11. Show students how to use Youtube to show case their work
http://youtu.be/rkaq-7T9pjk
http://www.youtube.com/
JaackMaate

12. Show students how to use
YouTube to market
themselves

13. Get your students to join talent
communities on Facebook

14. Show your students how can they use it to map a future?
To get employed?

15. In the UK 43% 9 - 12yr olds use social media
90% of 13 - 16yr olds use social media
Show then how to use Social Media powerfully

16. For more advice on helping your students to use
Social Media successfully connect with me on Twitter
@jobhopjulie
or e mail me julie@jobhop.co.uk