Resumes in the world of Social Media

Social Media seems to rule our live, we use it for just about everything, so why not use it to get a job right? In the article Six Steps to a Resume 2.0 by Shannon Paul, she gives us six useful tips to using the world of social media to our professional advantage. Despite how often we use social media you'd be surprised how behind on the times your future employers may be. But that doesn't mean we should wait around for them to catch up, its important to be prepared, use social media to our advantage and help bring other up to speed. As a soon to be college graduate, resumes, interviews and job hunting is fresh on my mind. Using social media to display my resumes, accomplishments and experience could really help give me an advantage in my career pursuit. I like the idea of controlling my online image, making sure that if my employer decides to look me up, what they find will help me, not hurt me. Taking control of the craze that is social media is important in this day and age. It allows us to reach people all across the world and put your profession profile out there in a positive way we could have never done before social media. Now that I've learned these useful tips it time to get to work building my online resume!