How can you build your network without having to physically network? I just read a LinkedIn post from William Arruda advocating that you accept every invitation that comes your way on LinkedIn. Read it here While I totally agree in principle with what he says, I do understand people’s reticence to actually doing accepting anyone and…
Social Media and Recruiting
Do you use social media for your recruiting and hiring efforts? I recently helped Illinois workNet create a series of recordings and a webinar focusing on recruiting practices using social media. Check out all of the resources on the Social Media Guide. Here are a few of the tips: Create a job posting on your…
Social Media and Job Search
A few tips for Social Media and Job Search I have been writing some help-guides for using social media and job search for Illinois workNet. I won’t steal their thunder, but I want to point out a few key items that showed up on almost every sheet that I created. Job search and social media…
Using Hootsuite
Hootsuite is a great tool to use for scheduling posts! I wrote an article a while back about adding a LinkedIn company page to your Hootsuite scheduler. You can take a look here. Hootsuite keeps adding great options to make it a time-saver when posting to social media. Their phone app isn’t as robust, but…
Using a Boolean Search
How can you take advantage of a Boolean Search? All of the major search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing let you enter keywords you select to find the topics you are researching. This works the same way in LinkedIn and many other platforms. If someone doesn’t know your name, but enters the words for…
