This is the sixth 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 to gain meaningful employment.
Now that you've started conversations in a couple of
social networks that help you get the job information
and introductions you need for your job search, how do
you keep track of all that information?
You need a system for not only efficiently recording
the material you gained. You also need to effectively
document it so you know what further information you
have to obtain in order to carry out your job search.
You also need to personally evaluate each contact's
response to your current dialogue and cultivate
relationships with those who are most enthusiastic
about helping you take the next step in developing
your career.
Completing all three steps for the information you
collect from each of your contacts is important. Why?
You're on a job search. You want to actively use the
referrals you've collected to reach out to specialists
in your chosen field who can give you specific
information about how to chart your career path.
Networking is real work. That's why it's important to
streamline how you interact with your online network.
It will save you time and make you more effective as a
job seeker.
For seven streamlining tips I've picked up during the
last few months, please go to my entry for this week
on the eSight Networking Forum at
http://www.esight.org/link.cfm?n=1622
Those seven tips come down to this. Before you start
networking online, you need to have a solid system for
managing all the information you'll be generating --
much like the systems that grew out of the traditional
in-person information interviewing process.
For a glimpse into how managing information in a
social network is similar to keeping track of contact
and referral information generated by in-person
information interviews, go to "Managing Contact
Information" at http://www.esight.org/view.cfm?x=1154
Then, please reply on the eSight Networking Forum to
the following question: What tip do you have for
keeping track of job search information you generate
through social networks?
Share your thoughts by posting them at
http://www.esight.org/link.cfm?n=1623
Read all the postings from eSight members at
http://www.esight.org/link.cfm?n=1624
Invite your friends and acquaintances to submit their
comments at http://www.esight.org/link.cfm?n=1625
Liz Seger
Facilitator
eSight Careers Network(tm)
http://www.esight.org/
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