Top 3 Reasons People Dont Use Social Media for their Job Search - CareerEnlightenment.com

The point of your social media efforts is to get a job.So do as much as you need to accomplish that goal.Write your plan and follow it, then there is no danger of spending more time than you are comfortable with spending on a computer.Remember the main point of all of this is to take your online relationships and bring them off line.Im Overwhelmed and Dont Know Where to StartIf you had a club sandwich in front of you, with 10 layers of BLT goodness, would you try to wrap your mouth around the whole thing?Of course not.Similarly, with anything new, begin somewhere and in small bits. I teach a 5-step process, and each of those steps is broken down into even smaller bits.No one expects you to be an expert on this stuff overnight.Remember, you need to do only as much as you need to in order to get the job done.I play drums. My drum teacher Paul Mason used to say, There is nothing you cant do, as long as you break it up into small and manageable parts.Our lesson would start off with his d emonstrating what he wanted me to do, usually some crazy display of rhythm and limb-independence. I would groan. Id say, Thats too hard.So we broke down each limb, each part, then begin to combine them one by one. Slowly I got two limbs working together, then three. Finally, by the end of the week, I could play for him what I had thought was impossible.In this way my confidence as a drummer was developed.Take a part of social media, like your LinkedIn profile, and spend a day mastering it. Then move on to Groups, spend a day, master it. And so forth.The biggest resistance is resistance itself. Dont accept any excuses.If you want a job, the choice is clear. Use social media.Comments? Please share them below.