Comments on: Using Social Media to Find a Job

By: Soon-To-Be PR Grads Get LinkedIn

Soon-To-Be PR Grads Get LinkedIn — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:16:14 +0000

[...] Dietrich’s blog post “Using Social Media to Find a Job.” Be sure to read the comments in addition to the post [...]

By: ginidietrich

ginidietrich — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:36:09 +0000

@HRuncovered It’s crazy, especially going into 2011. Thanks for the Stumble!

By: HRuncovered

HRuncovered — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:14:49 +0000

I am amazed at how many PR / Communications professionals still are not comfortable with social media / emerging media tools. This is not my field, but I cant imagine that â in this day and age â it is possible to do your job without these.

It is certainly good to hear that these respected professionals essentially say the same thing.

Geat article. I have Stumbled it.

By: Preparing Students and Young Professionals for the Business World | Spin Sucks

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:18:58 +0000

[...] talked here before about using the social web to find a job, but this discussion is a bit different. With school back in session, these tips are really for [...]

By: Mentoring Young Adults | Spin Sucks

Mentoring Young Adults | Spin Sucks — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:58:28 +0000

[...] management expertise. Knowing that Gini Dietrich does a lot of work helping young adults not only find jobs, but also educating them on where they want to go, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:40:09 +0000

You crack me up! No, of course my mom doesn’t do my laundry. My wife does my laundry because, for some reason, she doesn’t like it when I wash my previously-white socks with her delicate fabrics and fancy colors!

By: Gini Dietrich

Gini Dietrich — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:25:09 +0000

Which begs the question, Dave…does your mom still do your laundry??

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:30:09 +0000

Looking for a job is like dating. The first time you meet a person you are attracted to, it is not typically advisable to reveal how you wet the bed until age 24, and that your mom still does your laundry at age 35. If you want the relationship to proceed, it is probably best to save the bed wetting conversation for much later (maybe never) and to learn how to do your own laundry.

Translated: What you share with the world via social media needs to be honest, and needs to reflect who you are, but it should not share those parts of yourself that do not reflect on the public face you wear when you step outside of your own home. Also, if you expect other people to do the work for you, you may find yourself unemployed (and/or single) for a very long time!

By: Gini Dietrich

Gini Dietrich — Mon, 03 May 2010 11:53:46 +0000

Angie – first love your signature! LOL! Secondly, you are SO RIGHT! It’s not just the younger generation that needs to think about what they put online. We ALL need to think about it.

Last May we were in Beaver Creek with friends and we’d had a couple of glasses of wine. My friend Erin LOVES Keanu Reeves and we kept teasing her about him, saying that she has no shot with him. I ended up tweeting something about her loving him and how ridiculous I thought that was and a prospect of ours saw the tweet. He thought I was being homophobic and renigged his agreement with us (we were at the contract signing phase). I learned two things: 1) Don’t tweet anything that might possibly come off as offensive, even if you are just joking and 2) Twitter is a great way to weed through clients who probably would have been upset with us two months down the road anyway (at least that’s what I tell myself).

By: Angie A. Swartz

Angie A. Swartz — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:13:15 +0000

Several interesting points about this discussion speak to me. First, thanks Gini for sharing it with us. I find myself becoming more prejudice every day against those who aren’t using social media tools in their business when looking to hire/partner. As has already been eluded to above, lack of social media use/skills hints at an old school thinker who is being left behind technologically. I can only imagine what this equation will look like when Gen Y starts to supervise Gen X’rs. Would a Gen Y supervisor even consider hiring a Gen Y’r who didn’t understand social media? Hard to fathom they would.

Third seems we always talk about the younger crowd being irresponsible with what they post to the real time web. I see plenty of 40 somethings posting things that shouldn’t be shared. Whether they forget because it’s cocktail hour or they are just having fun, folks seem to tweet about everything. I agree with you Gini that we should only have one personality all the time. However, some folks seem to think what they tweet after 5 (closing time) is no longer available to their business followers. Not so.

Lastly, thanks for sharing the order of what brings you business. I find it most interesting that blogging is your #1 referral source! I look forward to hearing tips on creating such great conversations on your blog someday soon!
Happy Friday!
Angie
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