CRI

1.   As a recruiter and employer, can you explain the application of social media in recruitment?

 1) Local Chinese Professional Social Media

  • IT260: It provides professional suggestion about career building.
  • Tianji: It is the first and the biggest professional social media in China.
  • Maimai: You can share your opinions about work with your friends.
  • Wealink: You can get recruiting information by the social interaction with others.
  • Gouda Recruiting: It is based on the geography information to find the candidates.
  • The Beijinger: For expats in China, especially in training and teaching.

2) Professional Social Media in United States

  • LinkedIn: It is a business-oriented social networking service.
  • Levo League: It is the first professional network designed to women.

3) Professional Networks in Europe

  • Viadeo: It is a Web 2.0 professional social network whose members include business owners, entrepreneurs and managers.
  • Xing: It helps you to find the job that fits your lifestyle.

2. What is the advantage of using social media on career building?

  • Open career doors of opportunity.
  • The job you want may not be advertised all the time. Professional social media will provide you the latest job opportunities from HR professionals and third party recruiters.
  • Help you explore your own path of career building.
  • Social networks may offer professional guidance which provides you new ideas on implementing new and fresh ways of doing things.
  • It can be avoided to expend a lot of time and energy to collect the information you need
  • You can find the latest professional news and recruitment messages just by watching trending topics and posts from many of social media.
  • Learn and grow both professionally and personally.
  • Making full use of social media on career building can stimulate creative ideas and encourage you toward your goals, as well as provide welcome companionship along the way.
  • Media apps can be connected with each other.
  • Wechat + linkedin & Linkedin + Twitter. It will save a lot of time.

3. How to boost my career by social media?

  • Tweeting your resume on professional network
  • It can be a great way to get exposure so that you may get an ideal job opportunity. Painting a more complete picture of your skill set in your resume will send a message to those who are interested in hiring you that you will be an asset for the company.
  • Posting things that are related to the industry you want to be in.
  • Be searchable.
  • When potential employers Google/Baidu you, you want good things to pop up. Creating a basic website can be an excellent way of getting your name to rank in websites. It also pulls double duty by showcasing your talents and skills.
  • Pick the right profile picture
  • Your profile picture is how potential new employers on social media will see and remember you or not.
  • Do a little boasting.
  • Post updates about your work and the results you achieved on a regular basis to impress your potential employers so that you may have more opportunities. It does not hurt to be a little proud of you.

4. Who is the career killer on social media?

  • Asking someone you just met on social media that how they can help you
  • It is a real killer of your career potentials. Do not treat them like a stepladder. So you would better focus on building relationships slowly before you start asking for favors.
  • Constantly posting something negative about work
  • A recent study by Jobvite suggests that while 90% of employers are now using LinkedIn as part of their recruitment strategy, two-thirds (66%) are checking out candidates’Facebook accounts and more than half (54%) are reviewing Twitter activity. So if you do that, would make your potential employers question about your personality.
  • Post frequent posting during working hours at a wrong time.
  • Your current or future employer can easily determine if you’re regularly posting online content during work hours. This can be a nightmare for you because they will doubt that maybe you are not a hard worker at all and do not understand the responsibility.
  • Do not update sensitive and confidential information on personal social media.
  • For instance， sharing the salary and commission system to the public or to leak key clients’ information to others.
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