Alison Doyle

BeKnown Jobs Tab for Companies

Monster reports that the average user visits Facebook 34.2 times a month compared to 3.5 visits a month on LinkedIn.  That's a lot of opportunities for employers to connect with potential job applicants.

Continuing its efforts to capitalize on engaging with those millions (currently over 800 million) of Facebook users, Monster has added enhancements to its Beknown Facebook App.

BeKnown already provides free company pages for employers.  Now, the app has been enhanced so companies can add a Jobs Tab to push out job listings and company information to Facebook users.

The Jobs Tab, which is also free, lets employers extend their company profile page. It's easy to add from within the BeKnown app and it can be customized to add links to the company website and other sites. 

A Tab for Career Opportunities or Jobs (or whatever the company would like to call it - the Jobs Tab is fully customizable) can then be added to the company's Facebook brand page and promoted to Fans.

With BeKnown Company Profile Pages and the Jobs Tab, employers will be able to:

• Establish a recruitment-focused brand presence on Facebook
• Introduce people on Facebook to all current job opportunities within their organization
• Feature all their Monster jobs on BeKnown
• Facilitate conversation between employees and potential candidates to drive high quality referrals
• Allow visitors to follow their company and become part of the future talent pipeline

More Information:  Free Monster Jobs Tab for BeKnown

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Internet Your Way to a New Job (3rd Edition)

I'm thrilled to announce that the third edition of Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online is now available.

It will provide you with everything you need to know and step you through the process of online job searching, personal branding, social networking, and career building with uncomplicated advice, tips, and techniques on how to effectively find a job and build your career.

The new edition includes all the latest job search sites, tools, trends, including how to use Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to job search, job search apps for your phone and iPad, video interviews, career networking, and the best sites for job seekers and career changers.

In addition, there's a new chapter full of advice from leading job search and career experts. 

I appreciate all the suggestions and advice provided by job seekers and career professionals who were kind enough to share their expertise and their job search stories with me.  Thanks so much to you all.

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If you are interested please email me and tell me about your organization and how many copies (up to 5) you need.  Also include the mailing address for the book.  Supplies are limited, but I'll help if I can.

Job Search Tips and Advice

Are you job searching or about to start a job search?  Visit my About.com Job Search site for job search tips and advice.

You'll find resume and cover letter writing help, networking tips, job listings, employment advice, social media strategies, the best ways to apply for jobs, and information on job search techniques and the best new job sites (as well as old favorites)  to use to speed up your job search and position yourself for career success.

About.com Job Search

• About.com Job Search
• Twitter 
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Job Search Discussion Forum

Best Job Hunting Tips for 2011

With getting your job search off to a fast track a priority for starting out 2011, I asked the leading career experts and executives from the top job sites to share their best job search tips.

Their advice will help you focus your job search, get directly  to contacts at companies, learn how to follow up and get results, and utilize the top job search strategies that will ensure your job hunt succeeds.

On a related note, whether you New Year's challenge is a new job, an improved career, setting and fulfilling your business goals, getting your finances in order, or transforming your job or work, these ideas from the expert Guides at About.com will help you ring in your most successful New Year ever.

More: Best Job Search Tips | Get Set For the New Year

Social Recruiting Steps Up a Notch

I read an interesting article the other day about social recruiting and how it's not quite here yet.  That may be the case, but it's definitely pretty close.  There might not be a one size fits all site where you can capture everything you need to know about a candidate from a personal connection, as the writer suggested there should be, but maybe there doesn't need to be. There's already plenty of opportunities for employers to personally connect with candidates.

Job site CareerBuilder has a Talent Network which includes social media, personalized job recommendations, employee referrals, and a mobile-friendly interface. Employers can invite candidates to join their Talent Network from Facebook.  CareerBuilder's new Facebook referral app, Work@, makes it easy for workers to identify which Facebook friends are a match for open positions within their company and instantly share those opportunities.

Tech job site Dice has a social recruiting platform where job seekers can connect directly with recruiters.  Candidates are able to create profiles, which can include links to their social networking profiles, including LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and blogs. To take it a step further, employers and job seekers can directly connect on Dice via a message center, real time chat, an instant message tool, and email. 

LinkedIn announced two new products this month.  The Referral Engine will enable companies to generate more high-quality applicants by tapping the professionals in their employees' LinkedIn networks. Jobs for You allows companies to pick their audience based on LinkedIn profile data -- including function, seniority, industry, and more-- and distribute their jobs exclusively to individuals with professional backgrounds that match their hiring needs.

Look at LinkedIn company pages and you'll see who you know at the company and who your connections know.

Read the Facebook Marketplace Notifications email you get and you'll see which of your friends have posted jobs. You'll also be notified if your friends' friends post jobs.

LinkUp's Facebook application, Current Jobs at Our Company, automatically feed jobs daily from a company website to a Facebook fan page.  Job seekers can 'share' jobs with friends by posting to their personal Facebook profile wall or by email.

Use job search engine, SimplyHired.com and click on "Who Do I Know" to see your Facebook friends and LinkedIn connections at the companies in the search results.

There may not be one way to get at everything employers want to know about an applicant or job seekers want to know about a company.  But, again, maybe there shouldn't be. The lines are already blurred between personal and professional and I don't see anything the matter with keeping them that way, as best we can - and keeping your Facebook profile, along with your likes and your interests and your friends, as private as you want them to be.

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Park City Ski Resort Jobs

As I'm sitting here in one of my favorite places, Park City, Utah watching the Aspen trees out my window, I thought it was a good time to mention that if you're interested in a ski resort job, the Park City ski resorts are hiring.

Jobs are available for a variety of postions both on and off the mountain. The opportunities are varied, and now's the time to apply if you're thinking about a ski town job.

Park City Ski Resort Jobs

• Park City Jobs
• Jobs at the Canyons
• Deer Valley Jobs 

On a related note, if you're interested in a really cool opportunity, Park City Mountain Resort is searching for additional members to join the current team of Snowmamas.

Snowmamas blog about Park City Mountain Resort, answer questions, attend conferences, and best of all get free season passes for themselves and their families and a free all expenses paid trip to Park City.

You can apply to be a Snowmama online and the deadline to apply is October 15.

And in the spirit of equality opportunity, Park City's resident snowmama Krista Parry tweeted that if you're interested in being a snowpapa, go for it.

For jobs at other ski resorts, CoolWorks has a lengthy list of ski resort jobs.

Related: Park City Ski Resorts

_{Park City Mountain Resort Photo Copyright Mike Doyle}

Online Job Search Tips, Tools, and Strategies

Not sure how to start an online job search?  Review these online job search resources, including the best job sites and job search engines, the top networking sites, and tools and tips to ensure that you are using all the Internet job search resources available to help you find a job online.

Online Job Search Resources

• Online Job Search Guide
• Job Listings
• Network Your Way to a New Job

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Free Job Search Webinar From JobAngels

JobAngels has announced a series of free webinars from some of the world's leading career experts.

The first will occur on Wednesday, August 18th at Noon EST and features career advisors and columnist Laurie Ruettimann as well as business performance expert Ryan Estis.

The topic is "Getting the Job You Want: Accelerate Your Career Search with a Sales and Marketing Strategy" and you can register for FREE at http://newmediaservicesllc.com/voice-of-careers.

Related: Free Job Search Help | Free Job Search eBooks

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Job Sites and Companies: Best & Worst

There are some good job sites and some really bad ones. The same goes for companies. There are good companies to work for and companies that have really bad reputations.

I have some strong opinions on the job sites that I think are good, and the ones I think take advantage of unsuspecting job seekers.  Many job hunters, especially those who aren't familiar with online job searching, don't have a clue about bad job sites and how to check to them out and I hate to see them being taken advantage of.

What do you think? If you have a job site that's worked well for you (or one that's full of spam or scams or otherwise not useful) I'd love to hear about it.

The same with companies.  What's good about the companies you have worked for? What isn't?

Job Site Reviews

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Company Reviews

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Related: Bad Job Sites | Company Research

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