A college career centre manager simplifies job search innovations

Here I'll reflect on the latest ways you may market yourself as a job seeker. Some of it will be innovative. Some may seem complicated. Always, though, I'll focus on ways to keep it simple. Finding a job is a job, but there is more to life -- and what you bring to the world of work -- than your resume.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Simple Blog Feeds Via Facebook Notes

I'm on Facebook and now I have this blog, too. Both could be called innovative ways for this Gen-X manager of a college career centre to connect with her Gen-Y students, but the simple fact is that I am playing catch up on the net. Our students are already on Facebook and I am joining them. In the vein of keeping things simple, however, I'm going to attempt to import this blog as Notes on Facebook. If all goes well, anyone who prefers Facebook to RSS feeds can keep track of what I write here via Facebook.

Unfortunately, the pictures I upload for each blog post will not transfer over to Facebook, so if the picture is important or if I want the post to really stand out, I should post it as a Note, rather than an Imported Note on Facebook. That may mean posting the same info in two places.

I must be careful with punctuation in the title of my blogs. Quotation marks, commas and appostrophes in a blog title may come across as coded gobbly-gook in Facebook.

That said, importing notes from a blog into Facebook means that, most of the time, I really only have to post in one place. Facebook does the rest. Its that simple!

Job seekers who are blogging and using Facebook are reminded that employers are checking out candidates online, whether or not they "should", ethically. (That's a whole other blog post.) Don't post anything to the net that you don't want everyone -- employers, included -- to see. Check your privacy settings on your Facebook account on a regular basis (they change without warning) and Google yourself once in a while. Use Facebook to network. Let all your friends know that you are looking for work, what it is that you seek and what you do well. You never know where a lead will come from.

KISS (Keeping It Simple for Seekers)

How I uploaded my blog to my Facebook Profile:

  1. From my Facebook profile, I selected "Notes"
  2. Under "Notes Settings", I selected "Import a blog" and added the URL for my blog
  3. My 10 most recent blog posts appear as "Imported Notes" on my Facebook profile

Speaking of Facebook, check out my group:
The Works - Job & Career Services, Lethbridge College


...Pam
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