Social Media and Career Building

I have been thinking what are all the ways of utilizing social media in career building? Can it be a vehicle for new job opportunitites, recruiter connections, and vicarious interviewing?

I have a confession to make, everytime I interviewed a candidate I always looked them up in Linked In, Google, and Facebook. Doing so gave me an idea about their tech-savyiness, networking skills, and interests; things that are impossible to learn in a 45 minute interview.

However I still needed the resume to get my search going. But, with the use career-focused profiles within the social space, i can locate ideal candidates faster.

In the age of digital media and social IT, it is our job as candidates to represent ourselves all over the social space. Dont limit yourself on Linked-In! Everyone of your profiles be it in Facebook or Twitter needs to represent you as an individual as well as a professional.

The new age in recruiting is social media recruiting, and those guys are out there on Tweeter, and Facebook. And they are looking for you!