Category: Social Media

The Art of the Cold Contact

Communication Skills, Complete Index, Generating Job Leads, How To, LinkedIn, Marketing Yourself, Networking, Social Media, Social NetworkingDennis Grubbs, Jobfully Social Media Marketing Manager2 Comments

Contacting people you don’t know, even over e-mail, can be intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. If you do your research, compose a professional communication, and get the right message across, it can be a rewarding process and a critical part of building your network. Read More

Video Friday: Using LinkedIn Groups to Network

Communication Skills, Complete Index, Generating Job Leads, How To, Informational Interview, LinkedIn, Managing Your Job search, Marketing Yourself, Networking, Social Media, VideoDennis Grubbs, Jobfully Social Media Marketing ManagerLeave a comment

You know LinkedIn is a great networking tool, but are you using it to to its fullest?  In today’s video, Jobfully Social Media Marketing Manager Dennis Grubbs explains how to use LinkedIn Groups to make connections. Read More

How to Find a Job in a Different City

Communication Skills, Complete Index, How To, LinkedIn, Marketing Yourself, Networking, Preparation and Planning, Research, Social Media, Special Interest, Strategy, TwitterDennis Grubbs, Jobfully Social Media Marketing Manager2 Comments

Job seekers have lots of reasons for considering work in other cities.  It could be for personal reasons, seeking a stronger economy, or hoping that there will be more demand for their skills.

Whether you are certain you want to move or are considering it, there are some special techniques you can use when looking for work in another city: Read More

Using LinkedIn Groups to Make Connections

Communication Skills, Complete Index, Generating Job Leads, How To, LinkedIn, Managing Your Job search, Marketing Yourself, Networking, Online presence, Social Media, Social Networking, StrategyDennis Grubbs, Jobfully Social Media Marketing Manager2 Comments

Most jobseekers are familiar with the power of LinkedIn as a marketing and networking tool. But did you know you can use LinkedIn to contact people you don’t know including those in industries or with job titles of interest to you? Read More

Repairing and Building Your Online Reputation

Blogging, Complete Index, Marketing Yourself, News reports, Online presence, Other, Social MediaCarrie Krueger, Vice President, JobfullyLeave a comment

“The End of Forgetting” is a perfect way to signify today’s new reality of how difficult it is to retract information about and photos of yourself from the web. Many articles have discussed in-depth the issues of reputation and privacy. For job seekers, this topic is extremely relevant as the vast majority of recruiters are now using online tools to research applicants and many report turning down applicants after the discovery of controversial information.
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Top 10 “Rookie Job Hunter” Realizations

Complete Index, Interviewing, Managing Your Job search, Preparation and Planning, Social Mediaadmin@jobfully.com

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.

Having been in the career coaching field now for almost 20 years, I’ve ridden shotgun THOUSANDS of times on the job hunting process, helping people fire up their employment search and master the latest and greatest methods for tracking down new opportunities.

One paradox that I’ve consistently witnessed, over all these years?  Highly successful people usually make the crummiest job hunters.  At least initially, when they’re just starting their search out, since it’s usually been an inordinately long time since they last had to hustle for a new assignment.  What many folks don’t always realize, at first, is that 1) they’re older and more experienced (i.e. higher up the food chain where jobs are scarcer) and 2) that the whole market has changed around them, while they were safely ensconced in their last assignment. Read More

LinkedIn: Better Late Than Never

Complete Index, LinkedIn, Preparation and Planning, Social Media, Social Networking, Strategic adviceKimberly Beatty, Jobfully Online Content and MarketingLeave a comment

LinkedIn is one of the best resources a job seeker can access.  Many reports have shown that recruiters are planning to scale back use of job boards and hunt for candidates on LinkedIn before posting a job opening.  Beyond networking with recruiters and colleagues, being on LinkedIn can also give you early or even exclusive access to job postings.  More importantly, not having a LinkedIn account may send a negative message to recruiters. Read More