How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and Other Social Networks

by Schepp, Brad; Schepp, Debra

• ISBN13: 9780071621335
• ISBN10: 0071621334
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-22
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Taking readers step by step through the processes of marketing themselves on social networking sites, this career guide shows them how to build contacts, find new leads, and fully exploit all the major online job-hunting tools available.

Author Biography

Brad Schepp and Debra Schepp are.the authors of 16 books, including eBay PowerSeller Secrets and.How to Make Money With YouTuben++. Their work has been featured.in Newsweek, Life, and the Chicago Tribune..

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Getting Linkedln	p. 1
Putting the Work in Social Networking	p. 3
What Exactly is Linkedln?	p. 4
A quick Guided Tour of the Linkedln Site	p. 9
A quick Guided Tour of the Linkedln Site	p. 11
Linkedln Communications Method and Networking Details	p. 18
I Got a job on Linkedln	p. 22
Looking Ahead	p. 27
Create your Best Profile	p. 29
Theories and Philosophies	p. 30
Content and Appearance	p. 34
Nuts and Bolts	p. 39
I Got a job on Linkedln	p. 53
Looking Ahead	p. 55
Build and work your Linkedln Network	p. 57
Your very Own Linkedln Network	p. 59
Linkedln Open Networkers (lions)	p. 61
Build Like you Breathe	p. 63
Will the Lions and the Non-Lions Ever Agree?	p. 64
Builing Your Linkedln Network	p. 65
Working Your Network	p. 77
I Got a job on Linkedln	p. 81
Looking Ahead	p. 82
Use Linkedln to Job Hunt	p. 83
Your Profile	p. 84
Using Recommendations	p. 86
Working your Network	p. 88
Researching Companies	p. 91
Using Linkedln's Advanced Search Feature	p. 96
Recruit Those Recruiters for Help!	p. 102
Free versus Paid Linkedln Subscriptions for job hunters	p. 104
When Linkedln Can't Help	p. 105
I got a joy on Linkedln	p. 105
Looking Ahead	p. 106
Questions? Linkedln Has Answer. Answer? Linkedln Has Questions	p. 107
That 80/20 Rule	p. 108
The Answer Link	p. 109
Got a Question? Glad you Asked!	p. 112
Answering Questions	p. 120
I Got a job on Linkedln	p. 124
Looking Ahead	p. 125
Using Linkedln on the job	p. 127
Behind the Companies Tab	p. 128
Use Linkedln to Locate Vendors and Employees	p. 132
Entrepreneurs Eat Well on the job	p. 136
Using Linkedln's Application on the job	p. 140
Free versus paid Accounts	p. 143
Looking Ahead	p. 145
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Plaxo and Beyond	p. 147
Facebook: For college Kids and Their Parents, Too	p. 149
Facebook Is for job Hunters	p. 151
Creacting a Facebook profile for Business	p. 153
Networking for Business through Facebook	p. 157
Job Postings on Facebook	p. 158
Facebook Ads	p. 163
We Found Our Jobs though Facebook!	p. 164
Looking Ahead	p. 168
Twitter your Way to that New Job	p. 169
The Lowdown on Twitter	p. 171
What Are You Going to Tweet About?	p. 174
Tweeting on Twitter	p. 176
Finding people to Follow	p. 178
Getting people to Follow you	p. 179
Twitter and job Hunting	p. 180
We Found Our jobs through Twitter!	p. 181
Twitter Tools	p. 186
Looking Ahead	p. 188
MySpace can be a Showcase for your Skills	p. 189
Myspace's place in the Social Networking Mix
Working Myspace	p. 193
Myspace Myads	p. 196
We Found Our Jobs through Myspace	p. 198
Looking Ahead	p. 201
Plaxo and other Social Networks	p. 203
Plaxo Is for People	p. 204
Plaxo versus LInkedln	p. 212
Other Business and Social Networking Sites	p. 213
Local and Face-to-Face Networking	p. 220
Looking Ahead	p. 222
Index	p. 225
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