By Shawna Tregunna, Resome.com
Special to Online Career Tips
I was recently asked for tips on the best way to get started in social recruiting and using social media to promote new career opportunities and how to find talent that might be hiding in plain sight on social media channels. Oh, and how do you do it if your company doesn’t have a social media presence at all, just yet?
Last year 26% of job seekers said they were using Twitter to find work. This year, the number jumped to 34%. Here are four points of wisdom on the use of Twitter in a job search.
By Leischen Stelter
Like it or not, social media is here to stay. It’s a tool fire departments can use to build goodwill within their communities and improve how they communicate with the people they serve, however, it’s also something that fire departments should enter into cautiously. Read more as two fire experts weigh-in on social media best practices in the fire services.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month; and in light of this, InHomelandSecurity is presenting a series of blogposts focusing…
Twitter, as with many social networking outlets, can easily fall prey to what I call the TCS, or Therapist Couch Syndrome. Over sharing through social sites like twitter can alienate your online network. Here’s how to limit your Twitter rambling.
As a law enforcement officer, it’s important to understand how social media works, how the general public uses it, and some of the dangers involved in some of the most popular social media features. In today’s “total transparency” world, it is expected that many police officers and public officials will have a presence in social media, too, so it’s even more critical to understand how these platforms work.
On Oct. 1, 2011 more than 700 people were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct during an Occupy Wall Street march. One of those arrested was Malcom Harris, who used Twitter to share information about the events of that day. In early July, a New York judge ruled that Twitter must turn over Harris’s tweets in compliance with a request from the Manhattan District Attorney, who claims that the tweets will reveal the truth of what happened that day. What implications does this ruling have for law enforcement, prosecutors and defendants?
If you subscribe to the companies you’re interested in working for through Facebook, or follow them on Twitter, you’re in a good place for your hunt. Check out this podcast for more insight into using social networks to find an interview.
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate doesn’t pretend to be the biggest proponent of social media or even technology in general.…
The social media revolution, or evolution, has taken off in Canada, particularly within law enforcement agencies. As an observer,…