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Building an Authentic Professional Digital Profile

Don’t have a professional digital profile? You’re behind already! Creating a professional digital presence for myself is the best thing I have done for my career development, generating opportunities for expanding my networks, digital knowledge and career pathway. Why do I need one? E-recruitment, particularly through social media, allows for shorter hiring times and an acceleration of recruitment processes. Continue reading →

Using the Internet: Create your Best Chance of Employment

In the modern-day job market having a strong authentic online professional profile is becoming, not only important, but in some cases essential. More often are employers taking to social media to search and scrutinise potential employees. Statistics surrounding employer’s use of social media and more specifically LinkedIn (the main player in employment social media) demonstrate how important it is, not only to be present professionally online, but to standout and shine (JobVite, 2014). Continue reading →

Developing your online professional profile: are you still living in the stone age?

‘On average we spend four hours per day on social media, that’s half a working day’ (Nyman, 2014) So what if instead of simply using these sites to socialise, we are also using them to make professional connections and further our careers? Such use of social media is an incredibly powerful resource, with 93% of recruiters utilising social media to support recruiting efforts (Jobvite, 2014). The most popular sites for recruiting are Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter. Continue reading →

Developing an authentic online professional profile

  As social media has become a widespread feature within modern society, it also plays an increasingly important role within the recruitment process as highlighted by the statistics shown in Figure 1 and 2. This makes it quintessential for jobseekers, in particular graduates to keep up-to-date authentic online professional profiles so that all important job opportunities are not being missed. Continue reading →

Review of Topic 3

Whilst I always recognised the importance of my presence online and the role it can play in determining my employment possibilities, attaching a statistic to the seriousness of the issue has completely changed my outlook on the matter. Being aware that 93% of recruiter’s review a candidate’s social media profile before making a hiring decision has made me completely rethink my online professional appearance. Continue reading →

Build your Brand: Pave Your Way to Professionalism

Why build your own brand? Developing an authentic, recognisable personal brand opens up professional opportunities by helping you network and stand out from the crowd [1]. Photo credits. JobVite Social Recruiting Survey 2014 shows that industries are most likely to use LinkedIn, Facebook and even Twitter to help their recruiting process.   Why online? Online recruiting has become the norm, with a large emphasis on using social media for the process. Continue reading →

Topic 3: How Facebook can get you a job

Or, well…cost you one. Today, I’d like to touch upon the ways your online presence can be developed not only to impress and engage your peers but also potentially your employees. To start off with, the question is why bother? According to Don Tapscott (2014), companies evolve alongside today’s technology and are not increasingly using social networks during hiring process. For them is quick, cost effective and can say a lot more about  a candidate than a resume would. Continue reading →

Topic 3: The hard task of making the most of social media!

As a young girl born in a technological era, I witness the rise of social media. I was aware that the different social networks could be used for personal reasons and for professional ones. However, I never fully understood the degree of importance that social media could have on our likeliness to obtain a job or not. By doing some researches and looking at the Jobvite survey results, I realized that recruiters really take into account social media when hiring someone. Continue reading →

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What do you  immediately think of when you hear the term ‘online professional profile’ ? Sites like LinkedIn & AboutMe , right. You wouldn’t  be wrong, LinkedIn currently operates as the world’s largest professional network [1], boasting almost 500 million online users worldwide. Today we are going to discuss how an authentic online professional profile can be developed. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Building a professional digital profile

Getting Linked-In As looking for my placement for next year, I started to look for advertised vacancies early on, at the beggining of this academic year, which included building up a professional LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn, a business oriented social networking platform, has developed itself to that exclusive position where, if talking about social media in business environment, LinkedIn is the first thought coming to our minds. Continue reading →

Topic 3: How can you develop an authentic online professional profile?

Why is building an authentic online professional profile important? With 73% of recruiters admitting to have hired a candidate through social media and 93% of recruiters admitting that they review a candidate’s social media profile before making a hiring decision, it is evident that there is huge importance placed on your online professional profile (Job Vite 2014). With this in mind, it is crucial that I use my online profiles as an asset that can be used to improve my employability. Continue reading →

How to build a professional digital profile?

The explosion of online social media has no doubt affected how we communicate with our friends and family, but how has it affected recruitment? A paper by Nigel Wright Recruitment offers a detailed overview of how social media has transformed recruitment, from a mostly passive activity (posting job openings in newspapers, online job boards, etc) to one that is more active, and actually involves finding and approaching good looking candidates through platforms such as social media sites. Continue reading →

Building a Professional Digital Profile

Having a well put-together professional profile can greatly increase your chances of attracting future employers, and give you a major competitive edge when competing for a job. Whether it be a LinkedIn profile, Facebook page, or a blog, there are many ways of expressing your professional side online. It can be a great tool for portraying your areas of expertise, accomplishments, capabilities and goals. It is used by employers to determine past and present educations, jobs and other experiences. Continue reading →