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Some Gen Zers Are Including Their Social Media on Resumes—Should You?

Success

Gone are the days when job applicants scrambled to update their privacy settings and delete compromising photos of party nights from their social accounts before a job interview. They are even using social media to create their resumes. So social presence was essential, but it had to be appealing to be beneficial.

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Ghosted After an Interview? Here’s Why Companies Do It

Success

You polish your résumé and obsess over the wording in your cover letter. Application submissions, interview processes, keyword searches, skills matching, artificial intelligence and the prevalence of social media are just a handful of ways in which recruitment has shifted over the years. And then, you wait.

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Beginning Your Job Search? Start By Building Your Brand

Office Dynamics

Building Your Brand: Get Social. Social media is the engine that your job search will run on. A fully fleshed out, professional social media profile gives employers a point of reference beyond your resume. You might not think that it matters what you post on other social media sites, but you’d be surprised.

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OfficeTeam Reveals Mistakes That Could Derail Your Job Search

Office Dynamics

Use tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter regularly to keep in touch with professional contacts. Scour local print and online publications and follow company social media feeds to find out which businesses are growing and may be hiring. Wait until a position is advertised to apply. Assume they’re not interested.

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Are You Being Naive -- and Just Plain Stupid -- About Your Online Reputation?

On The Job

It also means telling the whole story; of using social media as a 'bright light' when dealing with false statements. 1) We changed everything (resume, cover letters, online profiles, etc.) --Chris Reich, business advisor, Teachu.com * "Be transparent - this doesn't mean allow yourself to be trashed. Here's what we did.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Youve sent out dozens, or maybe even hundreds, of resumes and cover letters. Your resume & cover letter have done their jobs, and have piqued the employers interest - now your job is to make it as easy as possible for them to decide to offer you the job. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Guest Blogger: David B.

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3 More Tools for Self-Branding and Job Hunting

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I'm by no means an expert in social media at all. 1) Tweet My Jobs - I know most of us may roll our eyes or not believe that people have found jobs through Twitter or Facebook because it seems so far-fetched and unlikely. This is when social media plays a large role. Hi, @AllyRae! out of frustration.