{Appointment} Lecture including panel discussion at BTZ-Talk: Social Media - A chance for the application?

Today, Thursday, July 5th, I have one in the lecture hall of MLP AG's Corporate University Lecture on the topic “SOCIAL MEDIA – OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICATION? Tattoo on the web or distinctive profile?” held.

Panel discussion

Next to me on the podium were Gerhard Miroll, rehabilitation consultant, Ream Rehabilitation/Severely Disabled at the Heidelberg Employment Agency, and Jürgen Schwarz, Manager of the Company Kissel and Wolf, Wiesloch, sitting.

The organizer was the vocational training center Rhein Neckar gGmbH. The event will be moderated by education manager Barbara Amann and Frank Schäfer from BTZ Stuttgart. The event starts at 9 a.m.

Tattoo on the net or distinctive profile?

Love it or hate it! This is probably the attitude of many People get to the point on social media. Who at Facebook interfering or twittering on Twitter, the public should always be aware of his information. Like a tattoo, it's hard to erase what's once posted.

The fact is: Social media has become an integral part of many people's lives. Facebook, Twitter and Xing are trendy, and not just privately. More and more people communicate professionally via social media, obtain information and maintain networks.

New questions for applicants

Many big and small Companies have long since had profiles in Web 2.0. Personnel search via Xing or Facebook belong to the standard, recruiting googling is an everyday occurrence.

Candidate are suddenly faced with many new ones Ask, which at the BTZTalk should be answered:

• How important are Facebook, Twitter and Co. really run for jobs? How can you use social media channels for applications?
• Can social media help expand your own network and find potential employers and jobs you did not even think of?
• Do people really browse in social networks?
• Do this change in application and recruitment procedures?

The event

The occasion was the BTZ TALK, organized by the Berufs Trainingszentrum Rhein-Neckar gGmbH. Then there was an exciting discussion

• Jürgen Schwarz, Managing Director of Kissel und Wolf, Wiesloch,
• Gerhard Miroll, Rehabilitator at the Heidelberg Employment Agency,
• Tim Friesendorf, Social Media Speaker at MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG,
• the online journalist Katrin Schroth
• - and me.

The whole thing was moderated by the education manager Barbara Amann and Frank Schäfter, head of the BTZ-Stuttgart, which belongs to SRH.

The topic

We had a very exciting and stimulating discussion which gave me a lot of new input.

And in the end there was the realization that there is a lot going on online and that professional and private role models are changing Future probably less and less to be separated, whether that suits you or not.