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Facebook here, LinkedIn there, Social Media everywhere! The quick emergence of social media has caused the email market to plummet. More than half of local online population engage in social networking nowadays. 94% of the Singaporean online population uses social media sites, where nearly 1 in 5 minutes is spent on social networking. (Shaw, 2014) There is no surprise with the figures with people seeing the need to keep up to date with technology in today’s world. Continue reading →

Internet makes our life much easier. We can shopping online, looking for job online and even interview online and work at home. As the advancement of technology, it is very important to have an authentic online profile. Hiring Process Traditionally, We send our resume to employers and we have face to face interviews. Nowadays, have a Linkedin profile could make everything easier. Linkedin is a good platform that it can work two-way between employers and employees. Continue reading →

“Authenticity” is essential in the development of our online professional profile. As we have embarked on topics such as the “Digital visitor-resident continuum” and “Multiple online identities”, the true judgment of “authenticity” is questionable. The issue of drawing the line between personal and professional is inevitable. However, we must realize that this line is getting blurry and as much as we do not want them to be, it is prominent (Forbes 2014). Continue reading →

University graduates What are the odds of you securing an interview and getting a job? How do you stand out from the multitude of University graduates – by decorating your mortarboards with ‘Hire Me’ (just like the photo above)? Nice try, he’d earn some brownie points for effort. “The Evolution of Finding Candidates.” This infographic by Hireology showed how recruitment and selection evolved overtime – now we’re at the digital era. Continue reading →

Being authentic can be a challenge, but it is important! In today’s digital age, having an authentic professional profile on the net is becoming a necessity for us job-seeking students! Here are some advice i came across from Brendan Browne (LinkedIn’s head of global talent acquisition.) who hires all the staff at LinkedIn. Choose who you want to be and what you want to do, and share it on your LinkedIn profile. Continue reading →

While I was doing my research on this topic, I saw this statistics on The Jobvite 2014 named ‘Social Recruiting Survey’. It shows the increasing trend of employers searching for potential candidates using social media. To keep up with the competition, we must learn how to build our own online profile professionally and effectively. Below listed are the 3 points which I personally feel are baby steps in managing a professional online profile. 1. Continue reading →

We all know what an explosive personality Lady Gaga has, and how she will always captivate us with her choice of outfits *coughs meat dress*. Why would I mention Lady Gaga? Because she’s good example of how she brands herself to the world. My parents would know her as “that lady with an eccentric style”. She’s different, unique and she SELLS. Continue reading →

Developing a professional online presence is important as one has to have control over how they are perceived online. I am definitely mindful about what my potential employers would find when they search for me online. If I did a Google search on myself now, I would find these: These are results from my canoe races and an article about an award ceremony in my polytechnic. Nothing embarrassing like: She was wearing pants but I still found this a bit obscene and hence covered it with hearts. Continue reading →

What makes us stand out from the 5.4 million other Singaporeans out there? They may not all be fighting with us for the same jobs, but in such a competitive country such as ours, what can we do in order to be that ‘outstanding’ one? Credits: themetapicture According to the Oxford Dictionary (2014), the definition of authentic is, “Of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine”.  Sounds easy but yet so difficult to achieve. Continue reading →