Social Media and Social Good

Google is the Most InDemand Employer Globally in 2012 Last year, LinkedIn released the Top 100 Most InDemand Employers, a set of rankings of the most sought-after companies on LinkedIn. The report was released in the last quarter of the year so I’m looking forward for their October 2013 report. The previous report shows that Google is the most sought-after or InDemand employer for LinkedIn’s then 175M+ members.  A few interesting…

How Does Social Media Impact Your Career and Job Hunting Gone are the days when you simply rely on job hunting through newspapers and queue up just to get a job interview or submit your CV. Seriously, is there anyone who still use paper resume these days? With the aid of social media, you may now search for jobs online with just a few mouse clicks and submit your resume…

Paper résumés have been the de facto mode of communicating one’s talents to an employer for the better part of the century. However, they, like many paper-media, are quickly fading away in lieu of the monstrous transformative power of the Internet. Whereas there may be a soft spot for the nostalgia of sending a letter to a loved one over email, there are few advantages – nostalgic or otherwise –…

LinkedIn Still Ranks as the Top Social Networking Site for Recruiting In a recent annual Jobvite 2012 Social Recruiting Survey, it indicates that the social recruiting trend is on the rise as recruiters continue to retain higher quality candidates through social networks. 92% use or plan to use social recruiting 43% of recruiters who use social recruiting saw an increase in candidate quality 73% have successfully hired a candidate through social…

How to Find Social Media Jobs in Less Than 5 Minutes Social networking sites do not only help people to keep in touch but also help job hunting much easier. If you have the right skills and know how to network with the right people, you will be able to land your dream job in 5 minutes, or less. Okay, maybe not entirely land a job right away but be…