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Personal Marketing Basics: 5 Tips to Get Started

Submitted by Simonvreeman from Google Reader

Oct 21, 2009

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Hunting for jobs? Here are five foundational tips to get started marketing yourself electronically:

1. Start with the basics. Better understand how to break into your field by reading up on your industry at WetFeet. Search the job boards like Monster and CareerBuilder, as well as niche job search sites like Beyond.com. Use Glassdoor to read interviews and reviews of companies posted anonymously by employees. Then hone your career development skills by reading top career blogs reading about your areas of weakness (interviews, resumes, etc.) on this blog and at Quintessential Careers, JobMob and CareerRocketeer.

2. Use LinkedIn’s “Company Search” to find who works at your ideal company on LinkedIn. Then look through its employees and see if any of them are within 2 degrees of separation, i.e. if you both share a mutual contact. (You can also use the Job Search function to sort results by “degrees away from you”). Ask your mutual contact for a favorable introduction to bypass the usual “gatekeeper” at that organization and get your foot in the door with a personal

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