Social Networking For a Job Using Other Online Tools

1. USING social networking IN your job search Presented by Anthony Furino

2. RSS Feeds What are RSS Feeds? Function like an online newspaper subscription You subscribe to a feed that is updated regularly. When the feed is updated you are automatically sent a link to, a portion of, or a complete piece of the information you signed up for; in this case you are sent job openings

3. RSS Feeds Quick Info To receive these feeds you have to have an RSS reader Free of charge, convenient, practically labor-free Useful for those people that have access to a computer regularly – can check an RSS reader for a listing of jobs instead of performing the same search over and over RSS Feeds work by collecting and gathering these feeds in one place so you can quickly retrieve them

4. RSS Feeds How to Subscribe Perform a search and then click an RSS Feed icon to subscribe to it Some sites, like Career Builder, may require you to go to a specific RSS Feeds portion of their site to choose to receive feeds on jobs in a certain industry, jobs by keyword, or jobs in a particular region of the country

5. Subscribing to RSS Feeds You can choose to display an RSS feed in your Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers OR Copy and Paste the RSS feed URL into your own RSS Feed Reader to view

6. Subscribing to RSS Feeds Internet Explorer Click on the RSS feed link after you have performed the initial search The location of the RSS feed link/icon will vary between sites Click on the subscription link near the top of the page

7. Subscribing to RSS Feeds Name the feed and subscribe

8. Subscribing to RSS Feeds Mozilla Firefox Click on the RSS feed link after you have performed the initial search The location of the RSS feed link/icon will vary between sites To save in Firefox browser choose Live Bookmarks

9. Subscribing to RSS Feeds Name the feed and add to Bookmarks Menu

10. Subscribing to RSS Feeds If you choose to read RSS feeds with your own RSS reader then you must follow these steps: Perform a search on a job site Click on the RSS feed link Copy the URL when you are taken to a different page Paste the URL into your RSS Reader

12. RSS Feeds Why use RSS Feeds? Reduces stress caused by job search Reduce or eliminate the time you spend searching for jobs FREE FREEFREE!!! You can unsubscribe at anytime Do not have to give out your e-mail address They will work in any RSS Reader

13. RSS Feeds Popular RSS Readers Google Reader My Yahoo! RSS News Gator Feed Demon Internet Explorer’s built-in reader Mozilla Firefox’s built-in reader Bloglines

14. Job Notifications via E-mail Useful if you have internet access on your phone Functions similar to an RSS feed in that you are notified automatically, without performing a search, but you must check e-mail regularly

15. Mobile Phone Job Notifications There are very few services that will text users job postings as they become available: CareerBuilder Job Alerts Twitter LinkedIn Mobile http://m.linkedin.com

16. Firefox Add-Ons for Job Seekers Firefox has add-ons, which, according to Firefox can be “… a new time-saving toolbar button, a shortcut to search, a themed look, and more. Add-ons make browsing easier.” Basically these act like the quick access Google search field on the top right side of the browser window

17. Firefox Add-Ons for Job Seekers To use these in Firefox go to Tools – Add-Ons – Get Add-Ons – perform a search for these add-ons below TwitterJobSearch.com - a job search engine for Twitter LinkedIn Companion – allows you to perform LinkedIn job searches, people searches, access to JobsInsider JobsInsider allows you to check your LinkedIn network to see if you are connected to anyone within the company that posted a specific job - if you are connected to someone on the inside you can contact hiring managers directly through LinkedIn Indeed Job Search – quicker way to access Indeed’s search engine