Twitter users write better CVs and are more likely to be shortlisted for a job interview, a new survey reveals.
MyJobGroup.co.uk, UK’s largest network of regional job boards, analysed 500 CVs from UK-based jobseekers and found repetition abounds.
One-third (37%) used exactly the same opening phrase; while the three most popular first-line words are ‘experience’ (27.1%), ‘skills’ (23.2%) and, ironically, ‘individual’ (22.6%).
Brian Kelly, from UKOLN at University of Bath, is planning on using geo-location services to provide an easy way for people to meet and network in an event in July.
Taking place at the University of Sheffield, Institutional Web Management Workshop 2010 (IWMW) will have a strong online presence using various Web 2.0 tools to get the best features from each.
This year, geo-location services will add to an official event blog and a Twitter hashtag.
“The intention is to geo-locate the main venues as well as places for social activities on Gowalla”, Brian says.
Date 22nd June 2010 (8:30am – 10:15am)
Venue 3 Albion Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
Duration About 2 hours
Cost £75.00
Overview:
Twitter has seen phenomenal growth over the last two years and some encouraging success stories.
Charities and non-profit organisations are successfully using it as a low cost channel to raise awareness, money and connect with their stakeholders. Corporations large and small are using it to drive valuable traffic to their websites (Econsultancy included!) and Dell recently announced that it has attributed over $6.5 million in sales to the channel. No small peanuts.
Thu 17 Jun, 2010 from 8:30am – 5:30pm
Cavendish Conference Centre
22 Duchess Mews
W1G 9DT, UK
Cost: £95
Description
Social Media Marketing 2010 will bring together leading brands and marketing experts to explore the viral power of social networks.
With the rise of social networks a new marketing medium has emerged: one that requires trust, rewards value and thrives on word-of-mouth. From blogging to video-sharing, Flickr to Twitter, social media marketing is delivering impressive returns. The question is: are you making the most of it?
Guest
International Quit Facebook Day came and went, without making a dent into the user-base of the fantastically successful social networking site.
The brainchild of two Toronto-based developers, Joseph Dee and Matthew Milan, the idea behind Quit Facebook Day was to send a message about privacy and control to the often controversial Facebook, following it’s recent privacy hoo-haa.
– but 55% support disciplinary action for doing so
Almost 40 per cent of UK employees criticise their workplace on social media, with one in five admitting to lambasting their bosses, a recent survey reveled.
Nearly 60 per cent confessed they would change what they wrote on their social networking profile if they knew their employer was reading it – yet recent Facebook privacy settings changes mean many employers could already be checking up on staff.
The employee research – conducted for MyJobGroup.co.uk which operates the UK’s largest network of regional job boards – showed over half (55 per cent) of workers believed fellow staff should face disciplinary action for criticising their workplace on social networking sites.
Definition
Twishing – the act of sending a message to a Twitter user in an attempt to obtain his or her name and password. The message may instruct the recipient to visit a Web site where he or she is asked to log in. The Web site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user’s information. Twishing is a combination of the words Twitter and phishing.
Twitter has finally rolled out an advertising service this week. Lending its idea from Google’s advertising model, ‘Promoted Tweets’ will initially show ads only on top of some of the site’s search results pages.
The ads are reportedly later to be shown on Twitter’s home page, tailored by the user’s interests.
For the first time in the UK, social media is expected to play a key role in the outcome of the General Election. Just as the power to enrich campaigns and engage with voters is only a tweet away, the possibility of humiliation is not far away either.
Even those who were still wondering about the importance of the role social media will play in the election may have had their minds changed by the fierce online response to the Digital Economy Bill.
The newest social media developments are providing more opportunities for businesses to engage with their online audience.
Google has announced that public Facebook status updates have now been included in its real-time search results.
The addition will make Facebook a higher priority for businesses as it will position the social media giant at the top of the search results for the hottest queries, alongside the likes of Twitter and MySpace.
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