From the job seeker side of the hiring fence, job hunting continues to go social at lightening speed with new sites and apps that help integrate career networking and job searching into your social networking sites.
On the recruiting site, companies are increasingly using social media to hire and what employers are going to be looking for when they check job seekers out online.
Social Job Search and Recruiting Apps and Tools
1-Page Job Proposal
Getting your resume and cover letter noticed by hiring managers can be a challenge even in the best of circumstances. There can be hundreds, more sometimes, of applicants for every job. How can you stand out from the crowd? 1-Page Job Proposal offers job seekers a way to get noticed by offering concrete solutions to a company's hiring needs. Once you've completed your proposal it can then be delivered personally, via email, or uploaded to one's Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or other networking profiles.
BeKnown
As professional networking continues to move to Facebook, there's a new app from Monster to help you incorporate Facebook into your carere networking. BeKnown is a professional networking app that provides an easy way to connect professionally and to search for and apply for jobs without leaving Facebook. BeKnown is fully integrated with Facebook, but enables users to keep their personal Facebook information private.
BranchOut
BranchOut is a Facebook app that lets you use Facebook for career networking. When you install BranchOut you have the option to import information from your LinkedIn profile, so you can easily create a professional profile on Facebook without having to edit your Facebook page.
Companies Using Social Media for Hiring
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) reports that the number of companies using social networking sites, including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, to recruit increased from 34% in 2008 to 56% in 2011. In addition, the number of companies who don't plan to use social recruiting dropped from 45% to 21% during the same time period.
Hiring Apps
Facebook hiring apps and other apps that employers use to recruit job applicants on social networking sites, on mobile and on other platforms.
Employer Social Networking Checks
As social networking moves beyond social to professional, with Facebook networking apps like BeKnown and BranchOut, and with everyone's information showing up almost everywhere, it's important to be aware of what you should, and shouldn't, do when it comes to social networking.
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