{"id":9266,"date":"2022-04-12T14:28:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=9266"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:25:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T04:25:15","slug":"a-game-changer-for-fresh-graduates-using-your-social-media-to-land-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/a-game-changer-for-fresh-graduates-using-your-social-media-to-land-jobs","title":{"rendered":"A Game Changer for Fresh Graduates: Using your Social Media to Land Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"a-game-changer-for-fresh-graduates-using-your-social-media-to-land-jobs\"According to\u00a0Kim (2020)<\/a>, the COVID-19 pandemic has become an \u201caccelerator for structural changes and digital transformations<\/em>\u201d in many areas of our lifestyles and economies. One of these is the job industry, which is considered the most highly impacted field- undergoing massive shifts in the setup and processes of “work” that we used to know.<\/p>\n

Among the various trends that emerged in this industry, the modern practice of companies using social screening in their hiring process has undoubtedly increased the significance of social media, more so during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Researchers from CareerBuilder<\/a>,\u00a0The Harris Poll<\/a>, and other academic\u00a0studies<\/a> have found the applicability of candidates\u2019 social media screening in employers’ recruitment processes through numerous surveys. In the US alone, 70% of employers use social media to screen applicants when hiring for a job (CareerBuilder, 2017). These numbers have only increased during the pandemic, especially now that employers cannot conduct interviews face-to-face as much to get to know candidates beyond their resume applications.<\/p>\n

Understanding this procedure is vital because YOU, fresh graduates and job seekers, as early as now, can start building up YOUR social media profiles. Not just to look like another copy of your resume but to paint you as a distinguished candidate by letting companies see the YOU behind a professional facade.<\/p>\n

Moreover, this would be an excellent opportunity for fresh graduates to market yourselves more as job candidates despite not having as much professional experience as already established workers. After all, your social media can reflect all the projects and accomplishments you have done, even as a university student.<\/p>\n

Now, it does not mean completely obscuring your personality and writing scripted posts that make you sound like an AI jobseeker template profile. Still, you can certainly make-do deleting those embarrassing videos you may have posted from boredom weeks ago or a lousy joke you may have unwittingly shared during your childhood years.<\/p>\n

Simply put, crafting your social media entails making it coherent with your personal branding that you would want companies to associate with you. You can do this through the following tips and tricks:<\/p>\n

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