Job Search and Marketing Yourself through Social Media Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table About Social Media Social media is computer-mediated tool that allow people to create, share or exchange information, career interests, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks. It is used for communication between businesses, organizations, communities, and individuals. With Social Media: You can respond immediately People are receptive to your messages You will find customers you didn’t know existed Customers you didn’t know existed will find (and buy from) you.  You get to see your target market, up close and personal Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

Networking with Social Media Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

Benefits of using Social Media Facebook – Networking – Connect and communicate with people, education, skills, industry and interests. Updating your Status – If you obtain a certification, License or any achievements post on your status Job Opportunities – Search by Keywords, receive notifications Marketing – Create posts and for a business create a Facebook business page and post advertisements, promote services you provide, If needed make use of paid marketing Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

Benefits of using Social Media Twitter Marketing - Compose twitter messages, share links, reply tweets Customize and build the network Track Trends and Traffic on Twitter Use hashtags to search specific groups Use TweetDeck to manage, track & engagement Use Twitalyzer to analyze social business Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

Benefits of using Social Media LinkedIn Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

LinkedIn members in the world Source : https://press.linkedin.com/about-linkedin Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

LinkedIn : Build your Professional Profile Update your profile with your employment history, education, awards received etc Add a “Professional” profile picture Add groups who have similar interests Request recommendations to your profile & recommend others you know Keep your professional profile updated…always! Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

LinkedIn : Advanced Search Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

Tips to improve usability of Social Media Find content you can share on https://search.creativecommons.org/ You can find free high quality images on pixabay.com which you can share To shorten urls – www.TinyURL.com Follow free workshops at the New York Public Library Online learning material – http://www.lynda.com/ You can learn technical skills and improve creativity by following online video tutorials lead by experts. Prepared by Ruwanthika Geeganage for NYLESA October Career table

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