Social Recruiting Summit: Awesomest Job Search Ever

Posted on June 15th, 2009 by Sacha Chua

UPDATE: Here’s the recording! =)

pre-session notes

This is a placeholder for “Awesomest Job Search Ever”, the talk I’m giving at the Social Recruiting Summit today at the Googleplex. It’ll eventually hold notes from the session, and if we’re lucky, a recording and a transcript as well. =)

I plan to tell the story about how I got to do what I do at IBM. The three points I want to make are:

Because the company learned more about me through my blog, they got a great sense of who I was, what I was good at, and what mattered to me.
Because I met so many interesting employees through their blogs and social networks, I really wanted to join the company. Relational onboarding was awesome, too.
Because we both knew more about each other than in a normal job search, we could create new opportunities.

I want to convince recruiters to take the following actions:

Help their companies and candidates learn how to use social media to tell stories and to connect.
Help people connect before, during, and after their job search process.
Look for ways to create opportunities that go beyond the typical job search.

Please feel free to leave comments with questions or further thoughts. You can also e-mail me at sacha@sachachua.com. Looking forward to hearing from you!

—
UPDATE: Susan mentioned that she found one of my presentations. That’s probably this one:

The Gen Y Guide to Web 2.0 at Work

View more OpenOffice presentations from Sacha Chua.

Another thing that you might like:

Web2.0@work: In Pursuit Of Passion

View more OpenOffice presentations from Sacha Chua.

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