Sep 2009: Paul Anderson - Building Strategic Relationships for Career Success via Social Media Tools
Speaker Highlights
September 23, 2009
Building Strategic Relationships for Career Success via Social Media Tools
Presented by
Paul Anderson
President & Career Psychology
Prolango Consulting Inc.
Looking for a job
o Main questions you ask yourself when looking for a job: What, Why, How
o Successful people look to the reason for “Why” they are looking for a job
o Figure out several “Whys” so the “How” doesn’t matter any more
No one achieves goals alone – everyone needs and uses people
o Shorten career success by modeling after others who have done what you want
o Defy the odds with people who have the same or similar beliefs
o To grow you need to seek people outside of your box
o Your income is reflective of the top 10 people you hang out with
o If you want more money or career success socialize with new people
To achieve a new set of results you need to change your actions
o 80% of our body language is automatic (past programming)
o We can only control about 20%
o Past programming can be changed but not with your old friends
o Modeling self after new set of people helps you progress your career
6 degrees of separation for most people --- in Seattle it’s only a 2 ½ degrees of separation
Use LinkedIn, FaceBook and Twitter to network
o Search is the strongest attribute for these websites - you can search people and companies
Using Twitter
o to get followed you have to follow others first
o Target marketing by following people and companies
o Direct messages only for people following each other (reduces spam)
o Use “@” and “#” for a searchable string (ex: #NBC)
o Use http://tr.im to shorten long links so you can paste them in Twitter
For more information Contact:
Bob Gross
Account Manager
Prolango Consulting Inc.
8201 164th Ave NE, Ste 200
Redmond, WA 98052
bob@prolango.com
www.prolango.com
