Problogger has a great interview up about the website Twitter Should Hire Me. The founder has an interesting perspective on how you can find a great job through social media!
What advice would you give to people trying to get a job in social media?
If you want a job in social media, prove you can utilize social media without a paycheck. I recently was just asked to be a social media marketer for a company because I had spent the month I was unemployed building my own brand online. I didn’t wait for a company to give me a chance to prove I was successful within social media; I took it upon myself to let my actions speak louder than my words. If you can’t build your own brand (your blog or your Twitter, etc), then you can’t be successful in social media. And, companies will hire the person that has proven to understand social media, rather than the person who says they do.
Admittedly, the story of the website is a bit intriguing. But Jamie Varon, the site’s owner, used her time away from employment to build her brand. Now she has three job offers on the table!
I am curious… Have any of you ever found employment or freelance work through social media? One of my friend’s only marketing stream is Twitter, and he’s doing very, very well!
JD
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Good post and info. You've got to prove you're worthy.
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