Automating the Job Search

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Searching for a job is a very time-consuming exercise. Between monitoring job boards, managing your e-mail alerts, being active in Linkedin, and performing target company research, there just don't seem to be enough hours in the day to get it all done. This presentation illustrates how to use Google Reader and RSS to get back some of your day. And you certainly don't have to be a job seeker to take advantage of the benefits from this underused technology.

Transcript of Automating the Job Search

AUTOMATING THE

JOB SEARCH

© July 2010

David Swinney, Social Media Specialist

WHO IS DAVID

SWINNEY?

30-year veteran of Texas Instruments, with 15 years experience in Information Technology

Technologist

Project Manager

Web Content and Communications Manager

Software Provisioning Manager

Customer Support Specialist

Vendor Relationship Manager

Social Media Enthusiast

Currently seeking opportunities to educate, train, and support businesses in their efforts to leverage the power of social media

JOB SEARCHING IS

TIME-CONSUMING

Visiting job boards

Managing e-mail search alerts for jobs matching your interests

Visiting / participating on LinkedIn

Performing target company research

There just aren’t enough hours in the day

RSS can give you back some of that time

WHAT IS RSS?

Really Simple Syndication

A type of web feed used to publish / distribute frequently updated content

Designed to notify users when a website or blog updates with fresh content

Monitored through an RSS reader, like Google Reader.

When sites update content, the RSS reader is notified.

When you login to your reader, feeds show up like e-mail in your inbox.

BENEFITS OF RSS

Centralize content consumption in one place

Scroll through content (i.e., “feeds”) from multiple sites without visiting each one

Categorize content into folders / subfolders

Once configured, users are able to read and consume more in a shorter period of time

RSS + You = Win!

RSS IS A KEY PART OF

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter profiles

LinkedIn streams

Facebook

Twitter searches

Blogs

Job boards / search engines

GOOGLE READER IN

PLAIN ENGLISH

http://www.commoncraft.com/custom-video-google-reader-plain-english

GOOGLE READER

HOME VIEW

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS

Indeed.com search queries

TwitJobSearch.com search queries

LinkedIn Network Updates

LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

ADD FEEDS FROM

INDEED.COM

ADD INDEED.COM FEEDS

TO GOOGLE READER

http://reader.google.com

INDEED.COM JOB FEEDS

IN GOOGLE READER

JOB SEARCH SITES

WHICH SUPPORT RSS

Aggregators

Indeed

SimplyHired

Linkup

Job Boards

CareerBuilder

Monster

Dice

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS

Indeed.com search queries

TwitJobSearch.com search queries

LinkedIn Network Updates

LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

ADD FEEDS FROM

TWITJOBSEARCH.COM

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS

Indeed.com search queries

TwitJobSearch.com search queries

LinkedIn Network Updates

LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

ADD FEED FROM

LINKEDIN UPDATES

http://www.linkedin.com/rssAdmin?display=&goback=.hom

LINKEDIN UPDATES IN

GOOGLE READER

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS

Indeed.com search queries

TwitJobSearch.com search queries

LinkedIn Network Updates

LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

ADD FEEDS FROM

LINKEDIN ANSWERS

http://www.linkedin.com/answers

LINKEDIN ANSWERS IN

GOOGLE READER

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH WITH RSS

Indeed.com search queries

TwitJobSearch.com search queries

LinkedIn Network Updates

LinkedIn Answers

Company Research

GOOGLE SEARCH

RSS FEED

http://www.google.com/alerts

ADD FEEDS FROM

SOCIALMENTION.COM

SOCIALMENTION.COM

FEEDS IN GOOGLE READER

AUTOMATING YOUR JOB

SEARCH – THE BOTTOM LINE

Job searching is a full-time

exercise

Make the search process more

efficient where and when you can

RSS feeds and automation can

save you significant time

Monitoring job boards

Monitoring Twitter streams

Keeping track of your

network’s activities

Researching target

companies

HOW TO USE GOOGLE

READER

Monitoring Your Brand With Google Reader

http://www.slideshare.net/davidswinney/monitoring-your-

personal-brand-using-google-reader

THANK YOU!

David Swinney, Social Media Specialist

david.swinney@gmail.com

214-233-5678

http://davidswinney.com

http://twitter.com/davidswinney

http://linkedin.com/in/davidswinney

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