What You Need to Know about the New Facebook “Send” Button

 

Facebook has announced the release of a new open graph tool, the “Send” button, which joins the “Like” button as a social utility across the web. Right on the heels of the 1 year anniversary of the “Like” button, which has been integrated into over 2.5 million websites to date, the “Send” button will enable sharing content from the web with specific sets of people.

What is the “Send” button?

The Send button is a social plugin that, like the “Like” button, websites can use to let users broadcast information they’re consuming on the web to their friends on Facebook. The “Send” button is different from the “Like” button in that “Send” enables private sharing. Where a user hitting the “Like” button within a website publishes a feed post of this activity to his entire list of friends via his public newsfeed, hitting “Send” will enable that user to instead choose the exact people he’d like to share the content with. This linked content can be sent via Facebook message, email, or posted right into a specific Facebook Group’s wall. This addition to open graph sharing abilities will enable greater private sharing and more social sharing among groups of friends. Facebook is already calling it “the easiest way to privately share things with groups and individuals.”

From Facebook:

The Send button is a social plugin that websites can use to let people send a link to a friend through Facebook Messages, post it to a Group, or email it to an individual. For example, if you see a Mother’s Day gift idea on 1-800-Flowers.com, you can now send a message or email to your family members to discuss. Or say you’re training for a marathon and you come across a great article about running shoes on The Huffington Post. Now you can share it with your entire running group in just one click.

Interview Blunders

If you’re looking for a new job, have been out of work for a while or have been on dozens of interviews – all to no avail, then here are a few reasons why you might not have been hired.  Applying a few ground rules will hopefully stack the odds in your favor next time.  So don’t make these mistakes…

Being late

Being late is a really bad sign.  Always time your journey and then add 10 minutes.

Nobody likes a wet fish! 

If you take nothing else away from this article – go and practice shaking hands.  A firm, genuine grip works best. 

The Resume From Hell

A badly written, scruffy resume which goes on for ages will never be read, and will never get you an interview. 

-       Print it on pristine clean paper, keep it short and to the point. 

-       Add all the relevant information so that an employer knows how to get in touch with you. 

-       Print it on white paper, with a regular font (i.e. Ariel, Verdana or Times New Roman). 

-       Include bullet points to save space. 

-       Include key areas where you have demonstrated expertise or a success. 

-       Try to keep it under 2 pages.

A Bad Attitude

Remember to be polite and courteous at all times.  When asked about your past experiences or why you left your previous job – don’t go on and on about how bad your last boss was or how badly you were treated. 

Is that your phone ringing?

I think the worst nightmare is your phone ringing during an interview, worse than that is having a ring tone that sounds like Lady Gaga, but the fatal mistake would be actually answering it, OR carrying on a lengthy conversation. 

Don’t be a smart a#@

Don’t spend the whole interview sitting with your hands behind your head, leaning back in your chair as if to say “yeah, I could do this job standing on my head”.  Of course you need to look confident, but don’t over do it.  Sit leaning forward, make eye contact, smile, be yourself and look interested. 

Social Networking Facts - for the Job Seeker

Having a social networking profile is a good thing — it presents you as technologically and professionally savvy.   Just make sure your profile is helping to present your best side — not the side that got drunk at your buddy's New Year's party.

Surveys suggest that approximately 30% of employers are using Facebook as part of the applicant screening process and 80%+ hiring managers are checking LinkedIn as part of the applicant screening process.  In short, keep your Facebook profile clean and make certain that the security settings are consistent with the type of information you care for "outsiders" to know.

Be careful about the following issues on Facebook and LinkedIn: 



1. Inappropriate Pictures (Facebook) 


2. Complaining About Your Current Job (Facebook) 


3. Posting Conflicting Information to Your Resume (Facebook/LinkedIn) 


4. Statuses You Wouldn\'t Want Your Boss to See (Facebook/LinkedIn) 


5. Losing by Association (Facebook – consider editing your "friends" from Facebook if they make you look guilty by association).

Hoping to change your career path?

The most likely way career changers will find new employment is through the people they know. People are more likely to take a chance on someone who comes through a recommendation. With preparation, persistence and the right job search strategy you can network your way into that new career. 

Make certain your LinkedIn profile is updated and be certain to ask 1 - 2 colleagues from previous jobs about recommendations. Ask them to write about your versatility and level of commitment. These recommendations will help position you for your career change.

How to break the awkward silence at an Interview

You can use LinkedIn to find the people that you’re meeting.  Knowing that you went to the same school, both own a certain brand of motorcycle, or shares acquaintances is a lot better than an awkward silence after, “I’m doing fine, thank you.”

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Understanding LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site mainly used for professional networking.  As of March 2011, LinkedIn reports more than 100 million registered users.  Quantcast reports LinkedIn has 21.4 million monthly unique U.S. visitors. The membership grows by a new member approximately every second.

The site allows registered users to maintain a list of contact details of people with whom they have some level of relationship.  Users can invite anyone (whether a site user or not) to become a connection.  The "gated-access approach" (where contact with any professional requires either a preexisting relationship, or the intervention of a contact of theirs) is intended to build trust among the service's users.

LinkedIn and Motorcycle Industry Jobs.com

• Motorcycle Industry Jobs automatically posts your job listing to LinkedIn to expand the search for potential candidates.
• The list of connections can be used to find jobs recommended by someone in one's contact network and/or to gain an introduction to someone a person wishes to know through a mutual contact.
• Job seekers can review and discover which of their existing contacts may know the hiring managers or someone within the hiring company.
• LinkedIn also allows job seekers to research companies with which they may be interested in working.

Your job postings go viral with Motorcycle Industry Jobs.com

Motorcycle Industry Jobs.com instantly posts your job to LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter for even broader reach.

Follow us on LinkedIn by clicking the blue button below! 

Calling all Technicians!

There seems to be an increased demand for good technicians over the past few months. Get your resumes up on www.motorcycleindustryjobs.com because companies are looking to hire! 

Tell a friend and recent tech graduates you may know!

March - Employer Newsletter

Just the Facts Ma'am
What exactly does “going viral” mean when it comes to posting a job with Motorcycle Industry Jobs?  Here are a few fun facts we dug up to show you what happens to your job after you post it to our website.

1.  www.MotorcycleIndustryJobs.com. 
- We get 85,104 unique ‘industry specific’ website visitors and 428,629 page views every 30 days.

2.  Job posting is emailed to job seeker accounts that request auto delivery.
- We have 23,415 registered job seekers that can refer or forward job listings to friends.

3.  Job is posted to Social Media communities (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn)
- Facebook averages about 1,500 impressions per job listing.
- Motorcycle Industry Jobs.com Facebook Fans: about 3,000 and growing rapidly.
- Your job posting can then be “shared” into other personal Social Media communities.

4.  Search Engine referrals (like Google, Yahoo, Bing etc.)
 - Each job posting is created as a separate URL for search engine optimization.
 - Google Referral Average: 3,000 per week.
 - We have the #1 Google ranking position with keyword “Motorcycle Jobs”

5.  Large Job Aggregators (like Indeed, SimplyHired, etc).
- Indeed Referral Average:  800 per week

6.  Other Industry Website referrals (like cycletrader.com, online magazines, industry blogs, etc).
- We couldn’t easily find the stats on the number of times your job posting is seen across various other industry websites but we know it is a lot!      

So basically, when you post a job to Motorcycle Industry Jobs.com your job posting “goes viral” across the web and continues to get forwarded, shared and read at an untraceable pace.  Thus, finding both active job candidates AND passive job candidates (people not really looking for a job currently but may be intrigued enough to apply).

Want your job posting to get seen?  Post it to www.motorcycleindustryjobs.com!       

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