IF YOU WANT TO BE FOUND–TRY LINKEDIN

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I received the e-mail while I was attending the National Speakers Association meeting in Phoenix & I had to rub my eyes to believe it.  I have a very dear friend who is a retired doctor.  One day she told me she wanted to go back to work part time, but wasn’t about ready to go out & look for a job.  She said, “I’m a highly qualified professional.  I’ve never prepared a resume in my life and I’m not going to go out & beg for employment.” I convinced her to set up a profile on LinkedIn and add some connections, but told her she needed to make some kind of effort.

Well, back to her e-mail.  She had just talked with a recruiter who found her on LinkedIn and wanted to hire someone with her qualifications.  She hadn’t lifted a finger.

And listen to this story?  One of my LinkedIn students called to say his next door neighbor, who was working for a large grocery chain that was tied up in bankruptcy, received a job offer through LinkedIn from Wal-Mart.  He had not begun a job search.

And then there’s Rita Young, another friend of mine.  She received a note from Standard & Poor in New York through LinkedIn offering her an opportunity to work as a free lance consultant.

Now, here’s an amazing statistic.  98% of media stories start with a web search and social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube push you right to the top of those searches.

Steve Spangler, a science teacher, who has appeared numerous times on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, says that people ask him all the time how to get in touch with Ellen to appear on her program.   His suggestion:  If you want to be found, be all over the Internet.  That is how Steve was found.

This is David Sher your eNetworking guy, sayings it’s not what you know, but whoo you know.

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