Comments on: Skip Job Boards and Use Social Media Instead http://newsaleseconomy.com/skip-job-boards-and-use-social-media-instead Sales 2.0. Social Media. Sell More. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Will Social Media Affect Your Organization’s Sales Pipeline? | New Sales Economy Blog http://newsaleseconomy.com/skip-job-boards-and-use-social-media-instead/comment-page-1#comment-4794 Will Social Media Affect Your Organization’s Sales Pipeline? | New Sales Economy Blog Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:49:03 +0000 http://newsaleseconomy.com/?p=1236#comment-4794 [...] Related posts:Skip Job Boards and Use Social Media Instead [...] [...] Related posts:Skip Job Boards and Use Social Media Instead [...]

]]> By: Chad Levitt http://newsaleseconomy.com/skip-job-boards-and-use-social-media-instead/comment-page-1#comment-2061 Chad Levitt Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:34:59 +0000 http://newsaleseconomy.com/?p=1236#comment-2061 @Brandon- The most successful job seekers will be the one's who supplement whatever else they are doing to get a job with social networks like Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter. The network effect begins to take place when you use new media outlets to gain more exposure and ultimately a better chance at landing a job you desire. A new phenomena that Dan points out in the article is passive job seekers -- individuals that are recruited to new positions because of their presence on Linkedin, Facebook, or Twitter. This is an exciting development and will gain in popularity in the future as traditional methods for getting a job like applying to a company website decline. @Brandon- The most successful job seekers will be the one’s who supplement whatever else they are doing to get a job with social networks like Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter. The network effect begins to take place when you use new media outlets to gain more exposure and ultimately a better chance at landing a job you desire.

A new phenomena that Dan points out in the article is passive job seekers — individuals that are recruited to new positions because of their presence on Linkedin, Facebook, or Twitter. This is an exciting development and will gain in popularity in the future as traditional methods for getting a job like applying to a company website decline.

]]> By: Brandon http://newsaleseconomy.com/skip-job-boards-and-use-social-media-instead/comment-page-1#comment-2042 Brandon Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:21:47 +0000 http://newsaleseconomy.com/?p=1236#comment-2042 I think it's overly optimistic to turn one's job search over to social media in some sort of wholesale fashion like this, depending on the industry you're in. That's the huge qualifier here. I get that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc., are new and creative ways to connect. I'm on all three and use them regularly. I found my last management hire through LinkedIn. But the notion that you should just shut down your traditional approach to a job search because some people had a great outcome and story to tell, and because companies are going to increase their spend through those tools (not replace the other tools, necessarily) is a little jumping the gun. I think it’s overly optimistic to turn one’s job search over to social media in some sort of wholesale fashion like this, depending on the industry you’re in. That’s the huge qualifier here. I get that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc., are new and creative ways to connect. I’m on all three and use them regularly. I found my last management hire through LinkedIn.

But the notion that you should just shut down your traditional approach to a job search because some people had a great outcome and story to tell, and because companies are going to increase their spend through those tools (not replace the other tools, necessarily) is a little jumping the gun.

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