{"id":1269,"date":"2014-06-30T12:32:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T12:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcafeteria.com\/new\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2014-10-27T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:14:09","slug":"career-management-in-the-social-media-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcafeteria.com\/?p=1269","title":{"rendered":"Career Management In The Social Media Era"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u00a0believe that your current job is your last job — the one that you will retire from — raise your hand. \u00a0You can stop reading.<\/p>\n

Now that those two people are gone, let’s talk about managing our careers. Because its a whole new discipline these days.<\/p>\n

Gone are the days when submitting a resume was sufficient. \u00a0Good jobs go to people who are referred in, not to those with no one to vouch for them. Per the ERE recruiter network<\/a>, between 28% and 40% of all positions in 2012 were given to candidates that were referred in, but only 7% of all candidates were referrals. That 7% had a serious edge on the competition.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Google announced that they were changing their hiring criteria, giving GPAs and college degrees somewhat lower priority<\/a> and focusing more on prior accomplishments\u00a0and the strength of a candidate’s social network. \u00a0This is a smart move. \u00a0College costs average to $92,000 for a four-year degree<\/a>.\u00a0Google is\u00a0changing their criteria so that they won’t miss out on hiring the perfectly brilliant people who aren’t interested in\u00a0amassing that level of debt.<\/p>\n

So what does that mean for you and me, the people who aren’t likely in the job that we will retire at? My take is that career management is something that you can’t afford to not be doing, no matter how happy you are at your current gig. \u00a0And that it involves much more than just identifying what you want to do and who you’d like to work for. \u00a0I’m highly satisfied with my current job, and I have no concerns that I’ll be leaving \u00a0it anytime soon. But I\u00a0never<\/em> stop managing my career and preparing for the next gig. Here are some of the key things I do:<\/p>\n