Between February and March this year (2012) the Facebook application for professional networking, called Branchout, went from 2.7 million active users to over 5.5 million active users. As far as social networks go, this is quite impressive. It took Facebook four years to get to 60 million users, which averages out to 15 million a year. At this rate, Branchout
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Originally posted on onlinecolleges.net: Before social media became popular, new grads and college students did most of their networking in person and on the phone, or none at all. And while there’s nothing wrong with an in-person, hands-on approach, today’s grads know that there’s a more efficient way to get connected with people who are important to their future, namely
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Imagine you’ve been on the job market for about six months. You are paying your mortgage on your credit cards at this point. Your unemployment benefits are about to run out and your job prospects remain dismal, no matter what you seem to do. Finally, you land a killer opportunity, pass the phone screen and show up to an interview
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There is little doubt that, today, LinkedIn is the highest leverage tool for professional networking. But with any social media tool, it’s status can change month after month. With the rise of BranchOut, a professional networking app that sits on top of your Facebook profile, I was curious when Facebook will rise and supersede LinkedIn. The results were a bit
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Guest post and study by Dr. Larry Chiagouris, author of “The Secret to Getting a Job After College“: Believe it or not, more than 75% of college students may be using Facebook in a way that will damage their opportunities for a job after they graduate, based on a recent study of 400 students attending a sample of 100 colleges and
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Originally Posted on The Outsourcing Company: 1. Talking About Sex Unless you’re Carrie Bradshaw, Dr. Ruth, or some similar, more current cultural reference (paging Dr. Kinsey), you should not talk about sex on Facebook, especially if you have co-workers, industry associates or potential clients on your friends list. Not sure if the wrong person will see it? See rule #5.
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The Following Is an Excerpt from my NEW Book Job Searching With Social Media For Dummies: Say a recruiter at your dream company sends you a friend request on Facebook. Not adding him may offend him, but adding him gives him access to your private data. What do you do? The answer’s simple: Add the recruiter to a Limited Access list
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