Activate Career and Social Media Strategies!

Social Media promotes social networking, the process of using already existing contacts to meet new people as potential social or business links.

Social Media helps you -

• Provide immediate feedback
• Provide 24/7 access to needed information and resources
• Engage and connect with clients, students, customers, family, and friends,
• Create environments or Personal Learning Networks where you can collaborate
• Express critical thinking, innovation, and creativity

Examples of Social Media Tools

Here are the examples, highlights, descriptions, illustrations, and contact information of social media resources –

• Resource One: Facebook
• Resource Two: Google+
• Resource Three: Twitter
• Resource Four: Linkedin
• Resource Five: Hootsuite
• Resource Six: Graphics - Infographics & Pinterest
• Resource Seven: Evernote - note taking and archiving software
• Resource Eight: Slideshare - document, PDF, video and webinar
• Resource Nine: Issuu - digital publishing platform
• Resource Ten: Prezi - cloud-based presentation software
• Resource Eleven: Scribd - web and mobile device online library
• Resource Twelve: Wordle - word cloud generator software
• Resource Thirteen: Blogs - Blogger and Wordpress
• Resource Fourteen: MOOC

Resource Four: Linkedin

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional business-oriented social networking service with over 175 million members and growing rapidly.

There are different reasons to use LinkedIn –       

•  Networking – Connect with professionals
• Recruitment
• People, company, and industry research
• Job Email Alerts
• Discussion groups
• Branding
• Job Search
• Interview preparation
• College or field of study research – LinkedIn for Education

How to create a LinkedIn Profile

Here are two (2) tutorials to step up a LinkedIn account –

• http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Account-on-LinkedIn
• http://www.wsiwebspecialist.com

Jorgen Sunberg outlined Top 10 LinkedIn Groups Job Seekers Must Join - http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/top-10-linkedin-groups-job-seekers-must-join/

1.  A Job Needed – A Job Posted
2. Career Change Central
3. CareerLink Network
4. Corporate Recruiters
5. Executive Suite
6. Job Openings, Job Leads and Job Connections
7. Jobs Alert
8. Linked:HR
9. Personal Branding Network
10. Positive Thinkers

NACE created a Career Counselor’s Guide to LinkedIn in the job search.

Read more in Master Social Media 101...

Convergence of Career Development and Social Media

Social media tools are mobile and web technologies, e.g. Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter. Media technology promotes social networking, using already existing contacts to meet new people as potential social or business links. According to Michael Wu, Ph.D., two major types of media tools: Social Networks Online Communities Media Technology helps us - Create collaborative environments Promote critical thinking,  innovation, and creativity Provide immediate feedback Engage and connect with students Provide 24/7 access to resources Build Personal Learning Networks Review the examples, highlights, descriptions, illustrations, and contact information for these applications - Resource One: Blogs - Blogger and Wordpress Resource Two: Facebook Resource Three: Linkedin Resource Four: Pinterest Resource Five: Twitter Resource Six: Evernote - note taking and archiving software Resource Seven: Delicious Resource Eight: Issuu - digital publishing platform Resource Nine: Prezi - cloud-based presentation software Resource Ten: Scribd - web and mobile device online library Resource Eleven: Slideshare - document, PDF, video and webinar Resource Twelve: Infographics - highly visual presentation tool Resource Thirteen: Wordle - word cloud generator software Resource Fourteen: Powerpoint Resource Fifteen:  Powtoon Resource Sixteen: Hootsuite Need assistance creating social media resources... follow us on TweetFutureGoals.

Social Media and Career Development Workshop Review

National Career Development Conference (NCDA) Conference   June 20, 2014 "The social media is ... a shift in the way we communicate, the way we share information, and the way we live."(NCDA, 2010) With social media, we learn how reach, engage and connect with career professionals and employers.    Digital learning is - Personal and flexible designed to meet the needs of the student   Program that allows students to work at their own pace, according to their competency and mastery levels   Environment that allows anytime, anywhere learning   Atmosphere that promotes sharing and collaboration   Approach that appeals the techno-savvy learners Components of a virtual center are courses, video lectures, career tests, activity sheets, worksheets, and Learning Management System (or LMS) that are presented virtually so that students can access the resources and tools any time, any where.        Digital Learning Principles Here are digital learning principles - Awareness of the Generations  is necessary to engage, connect, and network with students.   Connect with the generations.  What are the differences and similarities between  Millennial and a Generation Z students? Generation Z: The Technological and Advanced Learning Management System (or LMS) is -              -  A software package, that manages and deliveries of information, content, and resources to students                -  Web-based to facilitate "anytime, anywhere" access to learning tools and resources Social Media are tools are used to engage, connect, and network with students, career professionals and employers. Review the examples, highlights, descriptions, illustrations, and contact information for social media tools -  Resource One: Blogs - Blogger and Wordpress Resource Two: Facebook Resource Three: Linkedin Resource Four: Pinterest Resource Five: Twitter Resource Six: Evernote - note taking and archiving software Resource Seven: Delicious Resource Eight: Issuu - digital publishing platform Resource Nine: Prezi - cloud-based presentation software Resource Ten: Scribd - web and mobile device online library Resource Eleven: Slideshare - document, PDF, video and webinar Resource Twelve: Infographics - highly visual presentation tool Resource Thirteen: Wordle - word cloud generator software Resource Fourteen: Powerpoint Resource Fifteen:  Powtoon Resource Sixteen: Hootsuite Get examples of best practices career development/ social media web sites. When you use career awareness, digital learning, and social resources, you will -  Know and value yourself Build self-esteem and confidence Identify interests, abilities, and skills Build relationships between the school environment and the work force Build academic, communication, problem solving, and social skills Increase awareness of the need for future jobs skills See the connections between learning in school, academic skills, job related skills, and careers See career possibilities See themselves as a future contributor to the job force Build a connection between interests and potential careers The some of the most comprehensive, validated, reliable Holland Code career self assessment tests are: MCP - Multi-User Holland Code Career Test!!! Self Directed Search - PRINTED   or INTERNET Versions (Low Cost) Strong Interest Inventory assessment - the most respected and widely used career planning instrument in the world Looking for FREE Holland Codes resources, join the Holland Codes Resource Center. View NCDA 2014 workshop resources...

Convergence Workshop Series - Social Media Tools

Share your ideas using a variety of social media tools -

• Issuu
• Evernote
• Prezi
• Wordle

Issuu is the leading digital publishing platform delivering exceptional reading experiences of magazines, catalogs, and newspapers.

Evernote is a suite of software and services designed for note taking and archiving.

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas produces presentations that allows you to explore and connect ideas.

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide giving greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

Convergence of Media Technology 

and Career Development Resources

Some of the career development and media technology resources include -

• Convergence PowerPoint 
• Convergence Part One Prezi
• Convergence Part Two Prezi 
• Convergence Part Three Prezi 
• Convergence Part Four Prezi
• Convergence Part Five Prezi 
• Issuu Library -  http://issuu.com/maryaskew 
• Evernote Library - https://www.evernote.com/pub/explorecareers/ncda 
• Paint Careers With Colors Fact Sheets   
• HollandCodes.com virtual catalog 

Convergence Workshop Series - Global Career Development Facts

Effect of Media Technology on USA Educational Foundations

In the midst of this flood of technology, Dr. Michael Wesch, effects of new media on society and culture expert warns  ...

• Digital learners have to become media literate
•  Media literate is the ability to function in an online collaborative, research-based environment –

• Researching, analyzing, and synthesizing
• Critiquing, evaluating, and creating new knowledge!

Impact of Media Technology

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Listen to the message for today's generation!

View the A Vision of Today's Students video created by Dr. Michael Wesch and 200 students at Kansas State University.

Are your students ready in this global society?

Convergence of Media Technology 

and Career Development Resources

Some of the career development and media technology resources include -

• Convergence PowerPoint 
• Convergence Part One Prezi
• Convergence Part Two Prezi
• Issuu Library -  http://issuu.com/maryaskew 
• Evernote Library - https://www.evernote.com/pub/explorecareers/ncda 
• Paint Careers With Colors Fact Sheets   
• HollandCodes.com virtual catalog.