Apply online: Job hunting goes social
By Fe Zamora, Kate Pedroso and Sara Pacia Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:33 am | Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
MANILA, PhilippinesWorking on an island resort in a most beautiful place was far from Kiali-i Chaluyans mind when she updated her resume on LinkedIn.com, a social networking site for job seekers and employers, in mid-2012.
Chaluyan, 28, a journalism graduate of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, had been working for some years in Manila when certain unfavorable events occurred. Instead of getting depressed, Chaluyan decided to revive her dormant LinkedIn account.
Chaluyan, an avowed beach person, was bowled over by the first message she got.
It was an invitation to apply to the Maldives from the Filipino communications manager of a resort run by a well-known Thai hotel chain. This was heaven for me, she said.
I sent my CV (curriculum vitae), was interviewed twice over the phone and signed the contract in a week, said Chaluyan in an interview conducted online from where she is now ensconceda resort in the renowned vacation hideaway for the wealthy, the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
Dream job found
Like Chaluyan, Patricia Denise Chiu found her dream job via the Internet. In Chius case, the social networking site Facebook was the matchmaker.
Fresh out of college in 2012, Chiu applied for her first job the old-fashioned way. She left an envelope with her application letter and CV in the drop box outside the main gate of the GMA-7 television network.
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Apply online: Job hunting goes social