Jumpstarting your-job-search-social-media

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Jessica Miller-Merrell Jessica Miller-Merrell, @blogging4j

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Learn how to tap into the power of personal branding and social media to help jump start your job search using some simple tips and strategies.

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Jessica Miller-Merrell

Jessica Miller-Merrell, @blogging4jobs

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Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR is an author, HR consultant, new media strategist, and author who writes at  Blogging4Jobs.com.

Her company, Xceptional HR offers social media strategies, human resources, and recruiting consulting with an eye on digital media.  She’s the author of Tweet This! Twitter for Business, a how-to business guide for Twitter.

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What’s a Brand?

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Your Most Important Marketing Campaign

YOU

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Your Marketing Arsenal

• Resume• Cover Letter• Business Card• Social Profiles• Blog

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Some Facts

• 73% of recruiters & HR plan on using social media in hiring.

• 80% of jobs openings go unadvertised.

• 21 million job seekers are planning to change jobs in 2012.

• 70% of recruiters visit LinkedIn first.

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Reputation Management

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Reputation Management

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Reputation Management

What does your BRAND say about YOU?

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Blog

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Twitter Resources

Download a chapter of Tweet This! Twitter for Business

Visit http://b4j.co/tweetthisbook

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Connect

o Connect with Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHRo @blogging4jobso www.xceptionalhr.como [email protected]

o Visit the Job Seeker Toolkit at http://b4j.co/toolkitjobs

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