Nowadays everybody use social media, and everybody has different applications on their phone or computer.
If you're using this social media and applications just to share photos or to update others about your life, you're doing it wrong. There's so much more to social media than a mindless scroll.
You have many ways to use all of this to get a job for yourself, and we'll show you some ways how to use them right.
You can start with sharing an online CV on social media
The first step to using your social media effectively is to create a suitable blog website.
If you want to be a journalist, for example, you can create a simple website or blog that displays your articles. This is the ideal way to market yourself online and you can easily build a basic website in less than 20 minutes.
You can do something more interesting like a YouTube video where you show your experience and interests.
By creating an online CV, you'll be able to quickly direct potential employers to your best work and impress them with your skills. You can then share the page on your social media pages, perhaps even pinning it to your Twitter feed, to get your work noticed.
Search for jobs on LinkedIn and Twitter
You can regularly search for job vacancies on LinkedIn and Twitter, as well as on other job sites.
LinkedIn is packed with great features and useful features. For example, some jobs out there have an 'Easy Apply' feature, meaning all you have to do to apply is send your CV.
On Twitter, you can try searching for specific hashtags like #nowhiring and #graduatejobs to see posts directly related to job ads.
You have many opportunities in both of these pages, so keep researching.
Join groups related to your work and industry
On LinkedIn and Facebook, you can join groups or pages that are related to your career interests. Some of these groups even post job opportunities or shoutouts looking for new candidates.
Use hashtags on Twitter to find relevant discussions and to increase engagement on your social media posts. This way, your posts will be more searchable to recruiters and can also gain you some influential followers.
Update your social media profiles
To get the most out of social media while job searching, it's vital to keep each of your profiles up to date.
Check that your contact info and descriptions are accurate, and make sure all public posts (including ones going back a few years) reflect your current, professional self.
Make creative online profiles
There is a world outside Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Picking out a few different tools and using them well can really make you stand out. Perhaps you could make a portfolio of your work on Instagram or Pinterest?
To make your Instagram and Pinterest profiles really stand out, you could try making animated posts on sites like Canva.
*The advancement of technology day by day enables and facilitates us to find a job that we want.
Just a little creativity and ingenuity in what you are looking for and the job you want will be yours.
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