There are so many social media networking sites on the internet and new ones arriving every day that it is difficult to find them all. If you think that it is of the utmost importance to keep up with your social life, you should know that it is of equal importance to your professional life. Social media sites give anyone vying for a job in this tough employment market the opportunity to create a brand all their own.
Your online presence allows employers to get a first impression of you before you make an appearance in the Human Resources department. Therefore, your media presence must be professional and reflect what you want it to about you. No matter how many social media sites you participate in, Facebook, Twitter, etc, your persona should be the same across the board.
Start creating your brand on your own website. Today's software makes it a snap for anyone to build their own web presence and own a piece of the internet and you don't have to be a web designer to take advantage of it. You want to create a website that tells others who you are. Include on your site your skills, major accomplishments and career goals. To illustrate, suppose you are a photographer. You could create image galleries to let people see your work. Always put links on your site to where your photographs have been published.
Put the companies you have worked for on your website. If web design is what you do, post links to the ones you have created. No matter your profession, state your career objectives and goals. Your website can be a virtual representative of who you are. Put links to all the social media sites you participate in and make your site a hub for all the places you can be found online to help employers and recruiters become familiar with the professional you.
