Success Tips for Expat & International Careers

Expat & International Careers: Social Media is Potentially 6 Times More Influential than a CV or Resume in Hiring

How important is social media to people building expat or international careers?

Very.

Back in August of 2009 I blogged about the fact that social media is not a fad - its here to stay. It's not only changing the way that we communicate, it's changing how we manage our careers and run and market our businesses.  

(Other posts that might be of interest that were also written back in 2008 but the messages are still very relevant: how social networks are becoming professional and business networks, how we can learn from the Digital Natives, how an expat found a job through Facebook and interviewed top Facebook experts (and current or former expats) like Jesse Stay and Mari Smith.)

In that blog post I shared a video by Erik Qualman, author of the international best seller, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business, entitled the Social Media Revolution.

Flash forward almost two years and Qualman has created an updated version of the Social Media Revolution video which I've included here:

Expat & International Careers: Are you an Expat Woman who has Overcome Obstacles to Build a Career Abroad?

Are you an expat woman who has overcome challenges to build a career abroad?

Would you be willing to share your story to inspire other women who are struggling with many of those same challenges? 

If so, I invite you to participate in the Expat Women's Career Success Abroad context. Please send me a 500-1000 word version of your story to particiate. I will select a story from the submissions on June 17th to be posted here on this blog, as well as send the author a copy of the book, "Expat Women: Confessions - 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad".

If you do not fit this description but know someone that does, please share this with them.

By sharing our stories we inspire others to press on in the face of challenges and accomplish more than what they thought possible.

For expat women who need this type of inspiration, the book "Expat Women: Confessions - 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad" will provide you that and more.

 

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