Be a Passive Job Seeker by utilizing Social Media

posted by Dan Boersma on Oct. 27, 2009

Google
announced last week that they struck a deal with Twitter to include
real-time tweets in Google's search results. Facebook is continuing to
add more job related content and users can add their job history to
their Facebook profile. ResuWe allows it's users to have their Facebook
friends comment and make recommendations on their resume. ResuWe also
allows it's users the ability to tweet their resume and have a vanity
ResuWe URL which will allow user's resumes to be searched and viewed
via the Open Web.

Having a resume available online is part of an
individual's personal brand. Posting a resume on one of the pay boards
limits who can search the resume to only those who pay for a user
license. Also, users spend a lot of time posting their resumes to each
of the job boards (Monster, Careerbuilder, LinkedIn, etc.). Passive job
seekers can now safely have a social media enhanced resume available
via the open web using ResuWe.com.

With a 9.8% unemployment rate
(US BLS September, 2009) and a slowly improving economy, workers
unhappy with their current job may still be hesitant to actively start
looking for a new position. This information, coupled with more and
more companies spending money on technologies involving open web
searches to find passive candidates, are reasons why to be a passive
job seeker.