Download - Facebook for Job Seekers
Advanced Facebook Tips
for Job Seekers
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
This is great!
Job seekers should jump right in then, right?
Introduction
Introduction
In this presentation we’ll offer tips for…
– Preparing your Facebook account for a job hunt
– Engaging your connections in your job search
– Putting your best foot forward
Module #1:
Add Professional Information
to Your Profile
Adding Professional Info to Your
Profile
Adding Professional Info to Your
Profile
Adding Professional Info to Your
Profile
Module #2:
Backfill Your Timeline
with Achievements
Good example of someone who has backfilled their
Timeline with accomplishments:
Backfilling Your Timeline with
Achievements
Backfilling Your Timeline with
Achievements
TIME’s Person of
the Year 2010
Started learning
Mandarin Chinese
Backfill Your Timeline
Do this with your own Timeline!
– Awards
– Degrees
– Promotions
– Personal accomplishments
Module #3:
Groups for Job Seekers
Groups for Job seekers
Groups for Job seekers
Groups for Job seekers
Groups for Job seekers
Module #4
Engage Your Network
Engage Your Network
1. Ask your friends if they know of any open
positions.
Engage Your Network
1. Ask your friends if they know of any open
positions.
2. “Like” the Pages of companies you want to
work for.
Engage Your Network
Module #5:
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
To adjust your privacy settings: – Clicking the gear icon by your name
– Then select “Privacy Settings” from the menu
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
Timeline and Tagging
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
Timeline and Tagging
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
Timeline and Tagging
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
Timeline and Tagging
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
Ads and Apps
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
Ads and Apps
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
Ads and Apps
Adjust Your Privacy Settings
Ads and Apps
Module #5, pt 2:
Clean Up Your Timeline
Adjust Your Privacy Settings Privacy Settings page
Adjust Your Privacy Settings Privacy Settings page
…limit all past posts with a couple clicks.
Clean Up Your Timeline
... or do them
individually.
Module #5, pt. 3:
Your Best Foot Forward
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Best advice?
Never post anything you wouldn’t want a potential employer to see.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Identify who can see a status update
before you comment on it.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Identify who can see a status update
before you comment on it.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
There are four common icons you’ll see,
which tell you how private a status update is:
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Public posts:
Put Your Best Foot Forward
shares your
comments (and
“likes”) on
public updates
in your friend’s
news feeds.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Everyone can see public posts and the comments on them.
Public posts are fair game for employers
researching a job candidate.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Put Your Best Foot Forward
FYI: exercise caution if you see that a friend has
“commented on a link:”
Put Your Best Foot Forward
This means that the
user created the status
update by leaving a
comment on another
website.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
These comments cross-post to Facebook
and look like regular status updates:
Put Your Best Foot Forward
When other users respond to these posts on Facebook…
Put Your Best Foot Forward
That comment is also
cross-posted back to
the original website,
without any notification!
Put Your Best Foot Forward
These comments are fair game for employers!
If you aren’t okay with that,
refrain from responding to
any status update that says
your friend “commented on”
a link or website.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Friends-only posts:
are generally only visible to your friends
Put Your Best Foot Forward
If someone is tagged in the post, then that post will also be
displayed to that person’s friends.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Friends of Friends posts:
Reach an average of 156,569 other people!
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Custom posts:
Displayed to ... ?
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Again, our best advice?
Never post anything you wouldn’t want a potential employer to see.
Module #6:
Create Custom Friend Lists
Create lists
here
Create Custom Friends Lists Custom Friend Lists:
Create Custom Friends Lists
Create Custom Friends Lists
Post to specific lists:
Create Custom Friends Lists
Create Custom Friends Lists
Module #7:
Build Your Brand
by Allowing Followers
Allowing Followers
Allowing Followers
Allowing Followers
Allow
followers
and brand
yourself as
an expert.
Allowing Followers
Just keep in mind that it will show
all of your public interactions on Facebook…
Allowing Followers
like public pages, posts,
or photos you’ve “liked”…
Allowing Followers
where you’ve checked in…
Allowing Followers
public photos or posts you’ve been tagged in…
Allowing Followers
…and anytime you comment on a public photo or post.
Module #8:
Apps for Job Seekers
Apps for Job Seekers Branchout:
Apps for Job Seekers BeKnown:
Apps for Job Seekers CeeVee:
Apps for Job Seekers Jobvite:
Conclusion
Questions?