8 Creative Ways to Use Social Media for Your Job Search

8 Creative Ways to Use Social Media for Your Job Search 15 Social media websites have made the Internet more fun to use for networking than ever before. Here's a list of suggestions to make the most of the top social media websites for your job search. Quick and Easy Browse Flickr for great resume format ideas or upload your portfolio to it. Create an online resume on LinkedIn, and put the URL on your print resumes and business cards. See my profile as an example. Join industry groups and Pages on Facebook such as JobMob Facebook Page. Twitter about your job search so that your friends can find you jobs. Bigger Effort, Bigger Payoff Use StumbleUpon to become an influential authority or power user on your domain of expertise by consistently bookmarking terrific links related to your profession. Post a video resume and respond to YouTube job contests like Diddy's Assistant search. Be like Vianney Lecroart who put a CV on the Internet in such a creative, original way that it could become popular with Digg readers. Brand yourself with a MySpace page related to your expertise, and have your page show you job alerts. Other Bloggers Also Recommend LinkedIn as Resume 2.0 Tips to Marketing on Facebook Social Media Marketing Roundup Best Practices for Using MySpace, Facebook and Other Social Networking Sites If you liked this article, you'll also enjoy The Beginner’s Guide To Finding A Job With Twitter. This article is part of Vandelay Website Design's Social Media group writing project. Social Journalist?

Admit It You NEED Help - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Admit It… You NEED Help - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career For some the very idea of asking for help is tantamount to admitting failure. Hint: Its NOT! There is no shame in asking for help. Whether its asking for directions or asking for clarification. Just Ask! When you ask for help you will stand out in your career. People will know you take the time to fully understand the situation and what is expected of you. People will begin to trust this as a critical thinking skill and a trait that will likely get you noticed. And, for you it will speed up your ability to deliver exactly what is being requested. Precisely because you took the time to ask. There will be no second guessing whether you are over- or under-delivering. Youll KNOW! Because you asked. When in doubt… Ask! A few tips to consider when requesting help: Ask early If you are unsure of the specific actions or deliverables Ask Early! Listen. Really listen. Thank them for their time, guidance, and assistance. Bonus:  Offer to follow up with how their advice worked out. Some people are just happy to give advice and dont need to know how it all turned out. Others are more interested in knowing. The way you find out is  ask. A few concerns you may have: Will asking for help make you look weak? Absolutely not! Only in your mind will you get caught with that kind of logic trap. Most people (when given the chance) are very happy to help. Caveat: There are some people that revel in your challenges and pain. Whenever possible avoid them. When you find those people in your life make a note of it and in the future dont ask for their advice. When asking for help will it make you look bad? It might, if   A deadline has passed A critical milestone has been missed Someone has already offered you help and you didnt accept it The simple way to avoid looking bad in situations like this is to ask for help early. As noted above if you dont know something or have a concern about what the specific deliverables or actions are… Ask! Very few people will begrudge you for asking for guidance upfront. This is especially true for managers and clients too. They want you to succeed, because it makes them look good too. In fact, it doesnt take too much of a leap of faith to understand that is why they hired you either as an employee or as a consultant or as a contractor. When in doubt… Ask! A few tips to consider when receiving help: Be gracious Pay it Back or Pay it Forward Thank everyone that helps you. It doesn’t need to be public or large, but a handwritten thank you note goes a long way. Read The Power of the Pen  for a  few  suggesting on more that can be done with words. Remember. When in doubt… Ask!