Laid Off And Looking

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Using Social Media for the Search

Henry Chalian, Contributor, Laid Off and Looking, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 26, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

After finishing an intensive six-week course on using social media in December, one of the goals that I have set for 2010 is to actively use it as a job-search tool. This year is supposed to be the year for social media, the year that Twitter finally takes off, so it is very important for me to fully utilize various tools to my advantage.

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Using Online Tools to Save Time During the Search

Jon Gray, Contributor, Laid Off and Looking, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 6, 2009 at 10:07 am PT

My productivity lapses don’t come from Facebook. My problem is a combination of world news sites and Twitter. Using RescueTime, an online time management tool, I’ve named two productivity goals for myself. One goal sets my unproductive time at less than 90 minutes per day. The other sets my highly productive time at greater than five hours per day.

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Using Twitter for the Job Search

Rachel Levy, Contributor, Laid Off and Looking in News on May 12, 2009 at 5:23 pm PT

While Twitter can be about the mundane details of people’s lives, for the most part, it’s about people connecting with others who have similar interests. Since I tend to follow people who are also interested in marketing and social media, it is a great way to share information on topics relevant to us.