Social Networking Tips for the Laid Off

As usual Scoble cuts through the crap with his view of how to help yourself with social networking to get a job. I think he has some really good points in this article. But at the same time some of his suggestions aren't going to be practical if you've done zero social networking in the past. The key will be to use some of it and disregard the rest.

My favourite tips are:

2. Remove all LOLCats from your blog.

3. Remove all friends from your facebook and twitter accounts that will embarrass you.

4. Demonstrate you are “clued in.” This means removing ANYTHING that says you are a “social media expert” from your Twitter account. There is no such thing and even if there were there’s no job in it for you. Chris Brogan already has that job and he’s not giving it up.

He actually gets pretty animated about these LOLCat things. I guess if he hates them then there is a good chance a potential employer might hate them too. But remove friends Robert? C'mon, what kind of person doesn't have at least one friend who embarasses us now and again? I'm pretty sure I've been that friend for someone at some point.

http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/12/if-you-are-laid-off-heres-how-to-socially-network/