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Harness social media to land your dream job For anyone looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or just setting up for future success, social media sites are proven platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing the job. Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies enables you to harness the power of the Internet to research and identify job opportunities, and then create a strategy for securing a position. Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies features in-depth coverage of topics such as creating effective online profiles and resumes to sell your strengths maintaining your online reputation and understanding electronic etiquette using the power of personal branding and building your brand online avoiding common pitfalls, such as jumping into filling out a social media profile without a strategy getting to know Twitter, the only real-time job board with literally thousands of jobs posted daily using social media sites to uncover opportunities in the hidden job market ahead of the competition and much more.



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Joshua Waldman

Joshua Waldman is an authority on leveraging social media to find employment. He is the author of Job Searching With Social Media For Dummies, and his writing has appeared in Forbes, Mashable and the International Business Times.

Joshua's career blog, CareerEnlightenment.com, helps thousands of readers each month to get ahead using his job advice. Joshua is a speaker and trainer who specializes in helping job seekers gain control of their careers in today's competitive economic and technology climates. He presents keynotes, trainings and breakout sessions around the country for students, career advisors, consortiums and professional organizations.



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