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In this workshop we will help the partners of expats to be more effective online. We will talk about job hunting, job marketing and other opportunities via LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. It can help to familiarize with a vacancy or potential employer. We will also help them to find interesting people online with who they wouldn’t normally come into contact.
Social media can enhance career opportunities in different ways. In the current job market it’s crucial to be visible online. You want recruiters and/or searchers to be able to find you. Social media is a key source of information for recruiters who are increasingly finding suitable candidates via LinkedIn. Social media helps to be found and to maximize your chances on the Job Market that way. Social media can be easy and fun if you know how to use it!
What to expect?
The workshop is a combination of a theoretical framework, live examples and immediate implementation on each one’s own computer.
Beginners and advanced users:
You are a beginner or a passive user with a short personal profile and/or less than 100 connections on LinkedIn.
You are an advanced user with an active profile and/or you have more than 300 connections with a low social selling index (SSI) on LinkedIn.
What to learn as a beginner? At the end of this session:
What will you learn as an advanced user? At the end of this session:
What we need from the spouses/partners:
You have to bring their own laptop/notebook to the workshop.
You already have a LinkedIn account and have set up a profile before they participate in this workshop.
To prepare for the workshop you will receive a questionnaire to determine their level of social media knowledge and an assignment. You have to send an e-mail with the link to their personal LinkedIn-page, Facebook and Twitter account to the trainer, no later than 5 working days before the workshop.
Result
You will be social media proof and will know how to use social media to their best advantage jobwise and achieve their goals faster and easier.
Options:
The workshop is given for a group by Rik Keijzer.
It is also possible to follow an online individual training Spouse Care - Job hunting 2.0, Using social media, which is given by Masja van Loon via Skype.
Rik Keijzer has worked for over 12 years as an expert and trainer in the area all internet-related matters. He has worked for large companies as well as small, for freelancers and artists. He has worked on websites, social media (i.e. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram) and on online and content marketing.
Masja van Loon is a career coach and a personal branding/social media trainer. Her mission is to help professionals get and keep their careers on track in this ever-changing job market. Her vision is to teach people the importance of being searchable and visible online for their career and job potential in today’s job market. Building up and maintaining your network with the help of social media is essential for your career, now and in the future. This is how to future-proof your career prospects and it requires a high level of personal initiative-taking and self-knowledge.