Taking Job Searches into Your Control
The benefit of blogs, beside getting out your thoughts, can be for your future career. Ogilvy published a great post about utilizing social media to find a job. They mentioned the importance of social media to obtain a job by exercising use of these communities professionally.
I am very happy that people are starting to see the benefit of blogs rather than an online journal. It’s odd to think that just a few years ago the only thing popular in social media was MySpace. Now there are floods of social website that have certain perks or satisfy a niche. It seems as though the internet is taking over every aspect of how we do things, how quickly we get news, and how quickly we respond to anything.
Even though it might kill some of the emotion factor in some things, I still think Ogilvy hit the nail right on the head with their post. Blogging is a great way to show your insight on things that interest you in a personal blog or one a bit more professional. It showcases your writing skills, if needed, to future employers and colleagues. Even Twitter has potential to help. I frequently search the hashtag,#entrypr, to see any new positions or what qualifications employers are looking for. Within the world of social media there are tons of opportunities to read, or make connections for a future career, especially Public Relations.
Aside from blogging and “tweeting,” just to exhibit your interest and ability I think they offer a great use to actually mingle with people within your future or current profession. Just recently some members of Twitter and LinkedIn had a chat where PR professionals and college students had an open discussion. Unfortunately due to work I couldn’t be apart, but the fact is, people now have an opportunity to speak with professionals that would normally be hard to contact via social media.
One website I found through sheer boredom was JobSpice.com. Talk about an awesome website. JobSpice is a website that doesn’t allow you to upload your resume, but instead, create one through the website. Everything is interchangeable. You just add in personal info for the respective section but after that its all up to the user. You can move things around, change the design within their templates, and add/delete categories for your personal resume.
I’m glad to be apart of a generation that has an immense amount of information, knowledge and resources at our fingertips. There is no way that Gen-Y shouldn’t be able to: 1. make the world a better place, 2. continue to adapt/innovate/create new things, 3. succeed!
