Las herramientas digitales sociales en línea para la autopromoción laboral. Hacia un estado de la cuestión/ Online digital social tools for professional self-promotion. A State of the Art review

• Published in: Revista latina de comunicación social no. 70; p. 288
• Main Authors: Freire, F Campos, Ramos, N Alonso
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Tenerife Laboratorio de Technologías de la Informaciò y Nuevos Análisis, LATINA, de la Universidad de La Laguna 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Blogs; Hunting; Information technology; Job hunting; Occupations; Professional recruitment; Promotion; Self evaluation; Social networks; State-of-the-art reviews; Web portals; Websites
• ISSN: 1138-5820
• DOI: 10.4185/RLCS-2015-1047

Introduction. The metamorphosis experienced in recent years by the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the emergence of the web 2.0 have substantially changed the guidelines to look for and obtain jobs, from the perspective of both employers and potential employees. Job hunting is no longer a face-to-face process; job seekers now use a diversity of web-based digital tools -employment websites, social networks and blogs, among others- that allow them to promote their resume and find job offerings that best fit their professional profile. Method. This article reviews the most important and recent scientific literature on the use of this type of resources designed to promote people's professional qualifications. Results. The main purpose of this work is to expose the different methodological instruments that have been used to deal with our object of study (online digital tools for professional self-promotion), as well as their conclusions, in order to assess the State of the Art in this subject matter.