Is Facebook helpful for job search? I answered some questions for a reporter from Newsweek. [Read more…] about Is Facebook helpful for job search?
Social media trends and predictions for 2014
Here are my social media predictions for this year from this morning’s segment on WIOD.
Just click below to hear today’s segment. I’m on News Talk WIOD every Tuesday morning at 8:21. You can always listen online. Feel free to be in touch if you have ideas you’d like us to cover on the segment.
View the infographic with lots of data that I referenced and a link to the article about shark tracking on Twitter in my previous post about social media trends for 2014.
What predictions do you have for social media in 2014? Share them in the comments!
Fun social media statistics
Social media continues to impress with the various ways it enters our lives. I love social media statistics and information! I recently read that scientists in Australia are using it to track sharks! The scientists tagged the great whites so they send a signal that triggers a Twitter update to a special feed to alert swimmers when they get closer to shore. (It sounds fake, but it appears to be a real news story!)
Infographics and visuals are also important parts of our online experience that rose to prominence in the past year. Here is one from MarketingLand.com with some interesting data I hope you enjoy. I referenced these in my weekly segment on WIOD radio in Miami:
Career change: social media can help
Career change is usually difficult for the one doing the changing. There are always aspects of advertized jobs the applicant has not exactly accomplished, if only because he or she hasn’t had the chance! Highlighting transferable skills (the ones you can use in any job) as well as targeting your application materials for the positions in question are important pieces of a successful career change. Having a well-targeted resume that makes it clear why you can do the job (even if you’ve never done it before) is so important! [Read more…] about Career change: social media can help