Category: How To

Social Media and Your Career: Two Simple Rules

Complete Index, How To, Networking, Social Media, Social Networkingadmin@jobfully.comLeave a comment

Today our guest blogger is Matt Youngquist. Matt is the President of Career Horizons, serving Northwest individuals and organizations dealing with the unique challenges of job hunting and employment transition.  Matt is a recognized expert in the field of career coaching, job hunting, and professional employment counseling.  You can follow him on Twitter @mattyoungquist.

So have we reached the tipping point yet?  Have we arrived at the juncture where ALL professionals need to fully embrace social media and start using it, actively, if they hope to stay competitive in today’s employment marketplace?

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Is Networking Your Problem?

Complete Index, Generating Job Leads, How To, Networking, TroubleshootingMei Lu, CEO, Jobfully.com5 Comments

Are you struggling to find job leads?  If so, it’s possible you are not doing enough networking. Many job seekers rely too much on advertised jobs and not enough on networking. Recruiters are relying less and less on job boards and other traditional sources to advertise job openings.  The hidden job market, often discovered through networking, is a stronger way to uncover opportunities.

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The Introvert’s Guide to Networking

Complete Index, How To, Insights, Introverts, NetworkingKimberly Beatty, Jobfully Online Content and Marketing4 Comments

If the idea of walking into a room full of people and talking to any of them makes you want to crawl back into bed for a week, this post is for you.  And the advice is coming from someone like you (me).  Many people (extroverts) say that to be successful in business or with your career, you have to suck in your entire personality and just “become an extrovert” for the ten, fifteen, or fifty minutes it takes to do some successful networking.  They are, of course, incorrect.  Introverts just need to prepare in their own way.

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Relationship Building: 101

Complete Index, How To, Insights, Inspiration, LinkedIn, Networking, Personal support, Social NetworkingMarcella Van Oel, Content Manager2 Comments

Let’s say that you’ve already identified at least one person, maybe a few people, who do the kind of work you’d like to do. In other words, you have a role model.  In order to make best use of this relationship, there are a few things to understand about choosing to associate with like-minded people and how these relationships can help.

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