Jeannette Kraar - Executive Career Coaching » Social Media http://www.jkraar.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Finding Your Dream Job Through LinkedIn and Other Tips http://www.jkraar.com/finding-your-dream-job-through-linkedin-and-other-tips/ http://www.jkraar.com/finding-your-dream-job-through-linkedin-and-other-tips/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:46:21 +0000 Jeannette Kraar http://www.jkraar.com/?p=917 The Financial Post reprinted an article by Susan Adams from Forbes that gave some really good advice on using these social media sites to get ourselves some real job hunt value.  You can get to the article by clicking here.

It not only gives some good specific and practical advice.  It gives links to six articles [...]]]> The Financial Post reprinted an article by Susan Adams from Forbes that gave some really good advice on using these social media sites to get ourselves some real job hunt value.  You can get to the article by clicking here.

It not only gives some good specific and practical advice.  It gives links to six articles at Forbes that include additional advice.

]]> http://www.jkraar.com/finding-your-dream-job-through-linkedin-and-other-tips/feed/ 0 Demystifying Twitter and your Job Search http://www.jkraar.com/demystifying-twitter-and-your-job-search/ http://www.jkraar.com/demystifying-twitter-and-your-job-search/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:17:15 +0000 Jeannette Kraar http://www.jkraar.com/?p=684 Flipping out 140 character messages may not be the salvation to your job search, but these few tools and tips just might help. I found Marci Reynolds’ site and it gives a good overview of what you need. It gives a Twitter primer (It’s a mystery for many of use, I know.) and [...]]]> Flipping out 140 character messages may not be the salvation to your job search, but these few tools and tips just might help. I found Marci Reynolds’ site and it gives a good overview of what you need. It gives a Twitter primer (It’s a mystery for many of use, I know.) and offers an e-book called “How To Use Twitter For Your Job Search.” You can click on this link for a PDF one-pager giving you the basics on the Twittering state of mind.

Twitter isn’t going away. Just like email, it’s now part of the employment (and unemployed) landscape. You can fight it all you want, but it’s here to stay.

I also recommend checking out her Twitter Job Resources Page for some more information.

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