Technology and social media alter recruiting and job seeking

NPR brings us some use­ful new “rules of the road” for those seek­ing jobs in today’s econ­omy — I think this goes for lawyers as much as any­one. Just remem­ber, while tech­nol­ogy has altered some parts of job seek­ing and recruit­ment, the broad essen­tials (a good resume, net­work­ing, research, prepa­ra­tion, inter­view skills) remain the same.

Hiring man­agers say they stay clear of can­di­dates who make these dig­i­tal job-​​seeking mistakes:

• Not hav­ing an updated pro­file, with rec­om­men­da­tions, on sites like LinkedIn or sim­i­lar sites relat­ing to your line of work
• Having a husband-​​and-​​wife e-​​mail address
• Having an AOL address. Some exec­u­tives say those are very outdated.
• Not doing exten­sive research about the com­pany, its cul­ture and the posi­tion you’re apply­ing for
• Not fil­ing your resume dig­i­tally, even if you bring paper backups
• “Cold” e-​​mailing exec­u­tives with whom you’ve never made a prior con­nec­tion, either online or in person
• Asking an exec­u­tive you’re hop­ing will hire you to be your “friend” on Facebook

via Job Seekers Find New Rules Of Recruitment : NPR.

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