Yes, as hard as it may seem to believe, social media connections are a great way to network and exchange professional favours. While your Facebook wall may not look like an ideal platform to go all gaga about your academic and professional achievements, social media as a whole may unleash unprecedented opportunities, your LinkedIn profile may be the key to it, says a placement executive at a top MBA college in India.
1. It lets you update your resume that is visible and accessible to the whole world out there. Apparently there are people out there who would be searching off for the exact qualification that you possess. Thus, it’s a matter of keyword clicking but taken on to a whole new level.
2. Your profile is visible to similar professionals in the area and they can reach out to you. Don’t forget that as you are desperate for a job, an employer is equally interested in closing an opening with an apt candidate, advises alumni of best MBA colleges.
3. Many employers would want to skim through your detailed profile after they noticed your resume at job portals to gain a deeper insight. But they wouldn’t want to look at you posing with Ronald at the McDonalds’s. LinkedIn is a nice and systematic way keep your professional personality presentable and verifiable.