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http://careers.theguardian.com/how-use-social-media-get-job

How to use social media to get a job – live chat



This article is about how to use social media to get a job through live chats and building your own profile. A statistic shows that 45% of employers are looking for candidates using social media. However a bad profile can harm the chances of getting employed.

• with 34% using Twitter to make first contact with employers. 
• good social media presence can lead to job offers, a bad profile can harm your job prospects or even jeopardise your current employment. In 2013 Paris Brown, Britain's first youth crime commissioner, resigned after she was publicly criticised for sending racist and homophobic tweets.  
•  two NHS nurses were sacked last year after posting images online joking about patients' anatomies and toilet habits.

In my opinion this could be a good idea as social media is a major part of this time, therefore moving with the times and the innovation of the process of getting a job would intrigue individuals to keep their online profiles at a high standard.