Why social media isn’t getting you a job.

'job search legal pad.jpeg' photo (c) 2010, Angela Archer - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/Social media is useless for finding work.

I’ve spent days and days on Twitter trying to talk to all sorts of people, and they either don’t answer or just don’t want to help.

I’ve had my resume up on LinkedIn for months, and not one person has even asked for an interview.

Social media can be fun, but it’s no way to get a job.

It’ll never work for me. I suck at social media.

If you’ve heard any of those thoughts floating around your head lately, it’s time to toss them out. Social media can indeed help you find work, but like anything in life, you’ve got to do things well if you want to see results.

Here are three reasons social media isn’t getting you a job yet, and how to turn things around: [Read more...]

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