4 Ways You Can Use Social Media For Your Project Management Career

Using social media for career advancement is the latest trend. It has gained popularity and momentum with the spread of this type of media among different levels of professionals. While some are using it to find jobs, others are using it to build relations with like minded professionals.

If you are wondering how to use social media for advancing career in project management, then here are some tips to guide you.

*Facebook: Arguably the most famous social network of the world, Facebook can play a crucial role in advancing your career in project management. Look for experts in different fields of project management and learn about their approach to work. Facebook has a global presence and you can access and seek help from a global community. Creating professional contacts and getting answers to professional queries is breeze.

This helps you to solve problems that may be related to a project or regarding your career development in project management. Two Facebook pages used for learning methodology of project management are PMI and Facebook for Project Management.

*Using the community of Twitter: Community of project managers, communicating on Twitter, uses the keyword "#pmot" (project manager on twitter). Members of this community share their experience through tips, advice, weblinks and articles. You may find help in problems related to leadership, planning or current issues. Twitter is great for project managers to keep in touch with different levels of management as well as spend a few weekend hours for career development.

*LinkedIn: This is great media to keep in touch with all the people whom you have met throughout your career. It helps you in finding new opportunities. There are many specific groups in LinkedIn made for project managers. You can easily choose an appropriate interest group and become a member. These interest groups share advice and experience that are valuable to grow as a project manager.

*Blogging: It is all about expressing your experience and sharing this with others. You may be interested in some definite areas of project management. Find articles, opinions, suggestions written by experienced writers on it. You may look for blog on project management at www.PPMCommunity.com. Select a few from them and for daily reading and comments. You may also start your own blog to write about your work and receive comments.

Earlier social media was primarily used by professionals to keep in touch with their existing as well as long time colleagues. Nowadays several tools offered by social media can be extensively used for career development and advancement.