Comments on: Twitter’s Impact on My Job Search: Connection, Validation, Perspective

By: A Student Affairs Social Media Plan | Digital Community @ Ryerson University

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:47:52 +0000

[...] 3. Build Your Social Media Acumen and Shift Your Paradigms It’s time that Higher Education and Student Affairs professionals think beyond email, posters, newsletters, and even traditional websites and shift the approach to also INCLUDE Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Photo, and Video content. The best way for you to conceptualize this is by using these tools for yourself personally/professionally first. Since most of you already use Facebook and have your own Facebook Pages, create and use a Twitter page this summer to connect to online communities that resonate with you. No matter what your interests, you will find them on Twitter. One you get the hang of using Twitter, gain a “Higher Tweduacation” by “Teaching Twitter to Your Colleagues“. The best way to learn is by teaching Plus, you never know how using Twitter may find you a job! [...]

By: An Open Letter to Student Affairs Graduate Students « The Student Affairs Collaborative

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:31:47 +0000

[...] it. Not only is it the best free professional development tool out there, but if used properly, it can help land you a job! Read my “Teaching Twitter to Colleagues” post for a step-by-step guide on getting [...]

By: Newbie 101: Advice for new jobs | Higher Ed Career Coach

Newbie 101: Advice for new jobs | Higher Ed Career Coach — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:07:31 +0000

[...] and prepare for interviews. Social Media played an interesting piece in my job search as well. ( http://edcabellon.com/tech/twitters-impact-on-my-job-search/) I followed several potential supervisors, universities, and department accounts during my job [...]

By: Take 5 and Listen in the Morning: My Rx for Using Social Media to Advance Your Job Search | Higher Ed Career Coach

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:58:51 +0000

[...] I am doing a BlogTalkRadio show on using social media in your job search tomorrow (Friday) at 11 a.m. My guest host will be Mallory Bower, Assistant Director of Career Services at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Mallory writes periodically for my other site, HigherEdLifeCoach.Com, and will have some articles on this site soon, as well. Our guests will include some of Mallory’s colleagues at UNCP, including Mike Severy, Director of Student Involvement and Leadership, and newly hired Assistant Director Becca Fick. Twitter was integral to posting the job, getting candidates and to Fick’s eventual hiring. Mike and Becca wrote great posts on their perspectives on using Twitter in the job search. Mike’s post, on the Student Affairs Collaborative Blog, can be found here, and Becca’s guest post at On the Go with Ed Cabellon can be found here. [...]

By: J Broom

J Broom — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:01:48 +0000

I'm so proud of Becca and all her accomplishments! She has always been an inspiration to others around her and has exceeded the level of excellance in everything she's ever gone after. I'm sure UNCP is only a steppingstone for GREAT things to come in Becca's Career and I'm proud to say I know her. Sunshine is on your face sweety!