10 TIPS FOR FINDING A JOB 15.11.2011 Lira Ann-Christine Wahl

TYÖTÄ MEILLE NYT JA HETI!-PROJECT

• JobiJobi! is a service part of Työtä Meille Nyt ja Heti! -project

• The project is funded by Satakunta Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment with ESF-money

• Project is coordinated by Satakunta University for Applied Sciences.

• The aim of the project is to increase the youths job search skills and know-how on the web and also produce useful information for the labor force authorities and generate tools for companies for recruiting in social media

• The project lasts 1.9.2010−31.12.2012.

JOBIJOBI!-SERVICE

In addition: - Bambuser - Slideshare - Youtube

1. DECIDE YOUR GOAL

2. ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR ABILITIES, STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES

3. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL

4. DIGITALIZE ALL YOUR MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS RELATED TO YOUR WORK HISTORY AND STUDIES

LINKEDIN • One place where you

can find your whole work history

• Network with the people from the field

• Join the groups of the field and follow interesting companies

• Ask recommendations from former employers

• Jobs you maybe interested in

5. GOOGLE YOURSELF

6. CHOOSE YOUR CHANNELS

• Facebook – Establish your own FB-page for job related things – Follow interesting companies

• Twitter – Place to build networks – Also, jobs, try in the search field f.ex. #työpaikka

#duunit, #rekry – Follow companies who relay jobs (f.ex. Monster,

Vierityspalkki, UranusOy…) • Blogs

– To bring out your interest and your professionality – With tags easy job engine visibility

• Videos – Video resume – Point out your skills visually

7. NETWORK

8. MARKET YOURSELF

9. APPLY JOBS THAT YOU’RE GENUINENLY INTERESTED IN

10. PREPARE FOR JOB INTERVIEWS

• Bijou Brigitte sued in 2009 Elina Karjalainen who had critized her employer publicly at web chats and also founded a Facebook-page called Bijou Brigitte-boikottiin

• The law-case was dropped, because Bijou Brigitte couldn’t prove that the company had suffered in any concrete way from the Facebook-page (f.ex. economically)

• Also all the comments that Karjalainen had issued on the web were stated to be true.

(PAM-uutiset 22.2.2011)

Dudy of loyalty The emplyoee has to in his or hers actions avoid anything that’s conflicting with the position they’re holding

JOBIJOBI!-SERVICE

• JobiJobi!-blog – More information

about the project – Articles related to job

search and recruiting

• Facebook-page – Current events of

JobiJobi! – Useful links – Counceling – Jobi-osaaja – JobiJobs – Jobi cvReader

(cvreader@samk.fi)

• Twitter – Jobs – Useful links – Counceling – Networking

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jobijobi@samk.fi