We have documented the Unserviced Workforce concept on this blog and provided a remedy called the Perfect Job Seeker. Below is a step-by-step guide you can print out and use for your job search.

Genworth Financial hosted a group of students recently to showcase their company and career opportunities. Chelsea Sopko did a great job outlining the company and also introducing the students to other interns and full-time employees. They have at least 26 Pamplin alums working for them now (91 total Hokies) and have hired at least 9 Pamplin students in the past 5 years. Make certain you check out Genworth Financial at the September 16 Business Horizons job fair.

I was recently asked to be a guest on Roanoke, Va Cox Media’s monthly local cable show Connections (hosted by Kim Stanley) to discuss the job search process using new/social media. Still only 6-10% of people get jobs online. Social media is no substitute for face-to-face job searching yet it cannot be ignored. Thanks to Cox Media for this opportunity to chat about this topic.

If you are looking for a creative way to get the job you want, then you must view this video explaining how the job seeker did it. This is what a Perfect Job Seeker does.

Working on a college campus and interacting with a lot of college students, I am amazed at how few are using Twitter. My experience has been that folks who have gone to twitter.com and play with the web version are not sold. However, once you start using TweetDeck you will see how great Twitter is and how all of your other social media profiles can be integrated into one easy format.

Job seekers can use this as a great tool to follow others, differentiate themselves, do research on companies or persons and identify job opportunities.