This is the fifth week of our summer 2009 interactive
project for sharing ideas how you, as a job seeker
with a visual impairment, can effectively use social
media for networking and gain meaningful employment.
How do you start a conversation in a social network
that helps you get the job information and
referrals/introductions you need for your job search?
Determine the information you need that is
essential to your career goal -- information you could
not get through your online research.
Always have these two questions in the back of your
mind as you form social networking relationships: What
information does this particular contact person have
that can be helpful for me? What information do I have
that can be helpful to that person?
In other words, establish your social networking
strategy first before you dive into a
relationship-based campaign to find the job that's
right for you.
Then, you're ready to work on the details.
You'll find those "how to" details in my entry for
today in the eSight Networking Forum at
http://www.esight.org/link.cfm?n=1616
Before the Internet, information/referral interviewing
was the forerunner to online relationship-based job
searches.
For a glimpse into how starting a conversation in a
social network is similar to conducting an
information/referral interview, go to "Managing the
Information/referral Interview" at
http://www.esight.org/view.cfm?x=1140
This whole process is a very indirect way of gaining
the job information you need and learning about jobs
which are open but not always posted -- jobs which are
right for you.
It takes time and effort. But, you don't need to leave
your keyboard. And, it works. Please tell us what you
think by replying to this question in the eSight
Networking Forum:
What ways have you found to be most helpful in
establishing a social network dialogue?
Share your thoughts by posting them at
http://www.esight.org/link.cfm?n=1621
Read all the postings from eSight members at
http://www.esight.org/link.cfm?n=1620
Invite your friends and acquaintances
to submit their comments at
http://esight.lighthouse.org/net/
Liz Seger
Facilitator
eSight Careers Network(tm)
http://www.esight.org
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