Social Media and the Job Search: Ten Trends - Part 8

Technology has been a game-changer in the past 10 years, and you better believe it is transforming career development

by Chris Kulbaba

8. Time management
Using tools such as social media or looking for information online can quickly eat your day, taking productive time away from job search efforts. Dashboards such as Hootsuite (hootsuite.com) can help you use a single tool to listen and hold conversations in up to five social media channels, all for free. I prefer Hootsuite to other dashboards because it is web-based, so I can access it anywhere there is an Internet connection.

Chris Kulbaba is an Employment Counselor with the London Employment Help Centre in London, ON. Chris regularly delivers webinars for Conestoga College in the CDP program, offers his services as an expert speaker, facilitator and coach on social media topics, and is creating a new career development tool “Career Card Sort” – but takes the greatest pride in being a dad and a loyal family man. You can find Chris on Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, Facebook and at his new website/blog launching in January 2014 better-together.ca.

March 29, 2005

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Social Media and the Job Search: Ten Trends - Part 7

Technology has been a game-changer in the past 10 years, and you better believe it is transforming career development

by Chris Kulbaba

7. Resume links
Time is of the essence in our society, and as career professionals we urge clients to tell their story, in a concise way, but at the same time in a way that creates a persona. Say enough, but not too much, and say the right thing – a difficult task. A potential solution is to create different digital tools, and then let an employer link to those tools through an interactive resume. Technology such as Quick Response codes (small digital bar codes that look like a maze within a small square) are an easy way to access mobile technology. Most smartphones can download a free application to read these codes, and they can send you to any number of sites – your profile on a Dropbox link, your PowerPoint presentations on slideshare.com, your LinkedIn profile, your Twitter feed, your personal blog and more. Hyperlinks are another way to save space on a resume and still deliver a significant amount of information to a potential employer.

Chris Kulbaba is an Employment Counselor with the London Employment Help Centre in London, ON. Chris regularly delivers webinars for Conestoga College in the CDP program, offers his services as an expert speaker, facilitator and coach on social media topics, and is creating a new career development tool “Career Card Sort” – but takes the greatest pride in being a dad and a loyal family man. You can find Chris on Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, Facebook and at his new website/blog launching in January 2014 better-together.ca.

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Social Media and the Job Search: Ten Trends - Part 6

Technology has been a game-changer in the past 10 years, and you better believe it is transforming career development

by Chris Kulbaba

6. Search engine optimization
Have you tried to Google you own name yet? That is just the thing that an aspiring ad executive did back in 2009 – he bought the Google AdWords of the names of the top ad executives in New York City. When they “Googled” their own names, the result was a message: “Googling your name is fun – but what is more fun is leveraging the results for success. I can be reached here for a conversation.” He spent less than $10 to be recruited into a job that paid 6 figures – simply by being really creative.

Chris Kulbaba is an Employment Counselor with the London Employment Help Centre in London, ON. Chris regularly delivers webinars for Conestoga College in the CDP program, offers his services as an expert speaker, facilitator and coach on social media topics, and is creating a new career development tool “Career Card Sort” – but takes the greatest pride in being a dad and a loyal family man. You can find Chris on Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, Facebook and at his new website/blog launching in January 2014 better-together.ca.

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Social Media and the Job Search: Ten Trends - Part 5

Technology has been a game-changer in the past 10 years, and you better believe it is transforming career development

by Chris Kulbaba

5. Mobile technology – Managing your career “on the go”
Data is inexpensive to purchase and many tech-savvy people are turning to their smartphones and tablets to collect information, network with others, communicate to find information or solve problems, seek out new ideas and stay efficient. Reading a newspaper article on the way to work, listening to a podcast on the commute back home, sharing ideas through applications such as evernote.com and dropbox.com; the way that technology is being used is becoming faster and more dynamic.

Chris Kulbaba is an Employment Counselor with the London Employment Help Centre in London, ON. Chris regularly delivers webinars for Conestoga College in the CDP program, offers his services as an expert speaker, facilitator and coach on social media topics, and is creating a new career development tool “Career Card Sort” – but takes the greatest pride in being a dad and a loyal family man. You can find Chris on Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, Facebook and at his new website/blog launching in January 2014 better-together.ca.

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Employment Service for Parents Program is Ending March 31, 2014

The Career and Employment Services for Parents Program (official title)

If you are a parent in receipt of income assistance, and joined our services between November 2013 and February 2014, please note that the program is ending March 31, 2014. 

For a copy of your resume and or cover letter please use the link provided below or call 244-7034 extension 116 or drop by the centre.

 http://fs17.formsite.com/YWCA-esp/form2/index.html

Social Media and the Job Search: Ten Trends - Part 4

Technology has been a game-changer in the past 10 years, and you better believe it is transforming career development

by Chris Kulbaba

4. Employers are using social recruiting
“Social recruiting” is the process of sourcing or recruiting candidates through the use of social platforms such as LinkedIn. Much like it has changed how we live our lives, social media has found a way into how business is being performed across the globe. Many companies are embracing social media to increase their business, leverage the impact of their brands, create awareness of their products and services, and many are not. The companies that are ahead of the curve and are early adopters in the process of social recruiting are finding many benefits to this process, and the staff being recruited this way are already fully engaged.

Chris Kulbaba is an Employment Counselor with the London Employment Help Centre in London, ON. Chris regularly delivers webinars for Conestoga College in the CDP program, offers his services as an expert speaker, facilitator and coach on social media topics, and is creating a new career development tool “Career Card Sort” – but takes the greatest pride in being a dad and a loyal family man. You can find Chris on Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, Facebook and at his new website/blog launching in January 2014 better-together.ca.