Can I Get a Job as a Social Media Manager?

• September 2nd, 2013 by SEM Contributor

Social media manager is a relatively new job title, created from the popularity and importance of using social media in company marketing tactics. A social media manager helps to maintain a company or brand’s different social media sites, whether that be posting, replying, interacting, following or just scheduling future posts. A number of job duties are involved under this job… Read more

Can I Find a Job Via Social Media?

• August 26th, 2013 by SEM Contributor

According to a 2012 infographic by CareerBuilder, 37% of employers use social media to check out job candidates. Of those employers, 65% said they were checking to see if candidates presented themselves professionally, 45% wanted to know more about the candidates’ qualifications, and 51% researched to find out if potential employees were good fits for the company’s culture. With… Read more

Looking For a New Job in the Professional Sector? The Privacy Settings You Should Set on your Facebook

• June 20th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Nowadays everyone has a Facebook account, from celebrities to politicians to probably even your grandmother. Social media sites are becoming more and more popular as people continue to look for new ways to connect, interact and share pictures with each other. Although Facebook might seem harmless, this is not always the case. Among the 350 million plus users on Facebook… Read more

Career Opportunity and Facebook

• June 13th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

If you’re in the market to find a new job in the current financial wake – it might be worth taking a peek at Facebook to help you successfully get a new job? Social media is getting more and more popular and many of my friends have actually used websites like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook to help themselves find interviews… Read more

Why Jobseekers And Facebook Shouldn’t Mix

• March 23rd, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Having recently gone through the process of hiring a new employee in my own company, I feel I am in a position to give you some insight into how a Facebook profile can greatly impact on whether an applicant makes it through to the interview stage or whether their CV gets binned right there and then.

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Get Socially Active…and a New Job

• January 24th, 2011 by Tisha Tolar

For people looking for a position in the exciting (and sexy!) world of social media, Mashable’s has a Job Lists section available on their website to making finding social media-related positions that much easier to find. In addition to actual job postings, the site also provides a multitude of resources, expert guides, and how-to demonstrations to help you land the… Read more