Four simple ways to use social media to help your job-hunt

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1. Take control of your personal brand online - realise you have one and make sure you have a professional brand alongside your more personal one. Assume that any employer will look for you online and consider what they will find. 2. Use the tools available to research employers - blogs and online communities run by brands provide a brilliant insight into the business and what they are doing. Using social media to research potential employers will furnish you with more insight and material than standard recruitment materials will.

3. Find to people to talk from target employers to (and talk to them) - find people on Twitter, in online communities or on networks such as LinkedIn that work for employers or in the industry and engage them, ask them questions and their opinions.

4. Experiment with social media yourself - the best way to start to engage and to control your personal brand online is to experiment with social media yourself. This does not have to be just about your job-hunt. Maybe start a blog about your hockey team or your holidays. Use social media and experiment with blogs, Twitter and other tools. Only then will you really realise the potential it has.

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Jo Stratmann is the Marketing Manager at social media agency FreshNetworks.

FreshNetworks is a social media agency that helps organisations engage with their customers using social media and online communities. FreshNetworks services include social media strategy, social media monitoring, social media software and online reputation management.

If you'd like to find out more about social media you may like to read FreshNetworks social media agency blog. It's one of the top 5 social media and marketing blogs in Europe.

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