Learning to link-in: teaching undergraduate sport students how to professionally network via social media using a Pebblepad platform

Andrea J. Cameron, Carol Maxwell, James N. Cobley

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Abstract

Increasingly, professional social networks are being used to connect, collaborate, make valuable contacts, source ‘experts’ and for recruitment purposes. The majority (92%) of employers use social media to recruit, and 1 in 6 employees state that their current post is as a consequence of social media. ‘LinkedIn’ is the most popular social media network used by recruiters and it is reported that more than a third of job seekers use this platform to enable them to find work.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages7
JournalEUNIS Journal of Higher Education IT
Volume2015
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 19 Oct 2015
EventEUNIS 21st Congress: The Journey to Discovery - Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom
Duration: 10 Jun 201512 Jun 2015
Conference number: 21
http://www.eunis.org/eunis2015/

Keywords

  • Transitions into employment
  • Professional social networks
  • Self-promotion
  • Employability
  • Self-awareness

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