How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Other Social Networks

This is it--the definitive book on finding a job using social and professional networking sites. This book covers all of the most important features of the most popular websites. If you want "just the facts, ma'am," you've come to the right place. In easily accessible prose, Debra and Brad give you the background for do-it-yourself profile posting that gets the word out to recruiters in the most effective way. Even if you've never used a networking site before, by reading this book, you will feel like an old pro the first time out!

"HOW TO FIND A JOB on LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, MySPACE" is a tremendous book that is not only timely, but practical too because it shows you the nuts and bolts of each major social network of the title and how you can make the most of these networks to get a job. Today, social networking is big and keeps on growing. Here, the authors (Brad & Deb) take you by the hand to let you know about each network and how to make the most of it and potentially find a job. This book has ten chapters, and so I am blogging about this book on my website Great Documents Dot Net ([...]). I hope to share my ideas about each chapter with my blog readers so they can maximize their experience with this book. Kudos to Brad & Deb for a great book! Best Regards, Keith Johnson, M.S. Education Technical Writer & Documentation Specialist Great Documents Dot Net Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA

This book really gets to the heart of the networking matter. This book works! I have used this book in various seminars and have really helped those who tend to be shy network in a very postive and rapid manner using the tools in this book. For those of you who are introverts, this book guides you to network in your "comfort zone". A must read for those of you who have difficulty networking! Kelly Wibbenmeyer, the author of Any Tom, Dick, or Harry Can Get a Job: A Sure Fire Way to Land a Job

Yes, the game we all call "Finding a Job" has changed, and I'm thrilled that Brad & Deb Schepp have written the definitive playbook on how to come out a winner. I'm old enough to remember when Timothy Leary told us to TURN ON, TUNE IN and DROP OUT. In their new book, Brad & Deb present vignettes of real individuals who were TURNED ON (by the potential of social networks), TUNED IN (to Twitter, LinkedIn FaceBook and other social networks), and FOUND OUT (about otherwise unadvertised job opportunities). Like a good coach, Brad & Deb present step-by-step guidance on how to use social networking to your best advantage when navigating the playing field. Just for a minute, pretend their book is the ball. Pick it up and run with it.

Testament to just how many social networking sites seem to have popped up in the last few years, Brad and Debra Schepp, husband and wife and co-authors of 18 other books aptly titled their latest book "How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and Other Social Networks". The 256 page book could not have come out at a better time, given the economy, and the relevance to 9.8% of Americans (and counting). Taking from the skills undoubtedly sharpened over the last 18 books they wrote, Brad and Debra take a step by step, detailed look into how one can harness the power of social networking specifically to land a job or freelance work. The book is broken into wisely chosen sections that allow for easy review at a later date, and feature dozens and dozens of snapshots of the interfaces on the various social networks, making it easy for anyone, even tech illiterates, to follow. Each social networking site covered has the following pieces of information: * What is the site? * How do I setup a profile on the site? * What can the site do for me? * What niche uses are there for the site? To provide a bunch of perspectives on that last question, the book integrates a lot more outside advice than you usually find in "how to" books, which I found refreshing. In addition to the instructive content of the book, Brad and Debra interviewed a dozen or so people who have found success through LinkedIN, Twitter, and so on. I consider myself very fortunate to have been selected among that group, and I offered advice on using LinkedIN to accomplish everything from targeting prospects for sales, all the way to sharing your blog with the 35 million users on the site for massive exposure. All in all, I think that anyone who has been out of the job search market in a long time, or just got out of college and is looking to start their career will find this book clear, interesting, and encouraging during a time when many people need it!