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How you can use Twitter to find a job
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Twitter can be used for much more than talking about your day or discussing who got voted off of American Idol. Many companies use it for customer service purposes: tracking what's said about their product/services and helping out people with questions. Did you ever think you'd be able to use Twitter to find a job? There are a lot of great companies using Twitter who are looking for someone just like you. It’s important to establish and maintain both a strong personal and professional online presence. You should be actively engaged in how you present yourself to the world - both online and off.
This isn't Facebook
I love when I click on the link to someone’s Facebook account and find a picture of them in a bikini or doing a keg stand. This is fine and dandy if you’re applying to be my BFF, but when I’m looking over your resume for a potential job? I definitely don’t want to see that. Clean up your social sites; If you put it out there, it can be found.
Use a professional looking photo
No keg stands. No Halloween costumes. I don’t want to know how you spend your Saturday nights. Use a photo that makes me believe you’re responsible, reliable and mature. I want to see your face, not the beer can in front of it.
Take advantage of your bio
You have 160 characters to fill up with a short bio, why not use that space for your job pitch? Mention the type of work you’re looking for or your qualifications or skills . When I’m checking out who is following me, I scroll over their name and wait for their bio to pop up. If they don’t have one, I rarely go to their Twitter account.
Instead of linking to your Facebook account, link to a LinkedIn account. That way anyone who is interested will automatically see your professional background.
Not a Linkedin User?
Check out this detailed intro on what to expect and what to do once you’re signed up with Linkedin.
Customize your Twitter background
Recently Twitter began allowing users to customize their backgrounds. Why not take advantage of the space by sharing a photo and more information about yourself, your skills and your career goals?
The Closet Entrepreneur
The Closet Entrepreneur posted a great tutorial on how to create a professional Twitter background.
100 Tips, Tools and Resources to Protect Your Online Reputation
Once you’ve established yourself online, make sure you’re protecting the reputation/image you’ve worked so hard to create. While Twitter is a great launching pad, employers do look deeper into your world online. Clean up those profiles and check out this list of tips, tools and resources!
HOW TO: Find a Job on Twitter
Sarah Evans is the director of communications at Elgin Community College (ECC) in Elgin, Illinois. She also authors a PR and social media blog and is the founder of #journchat. She wrote a much more detailed guide on how to find a job using Twitter.
7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media
Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog. He wrote this great post on using social media to land your next job. I highly recommend checking it out.
So you landed an interview...
Don’t walk in there all Rock n Rolla style, check out the guide below about job interview faux paus. Guidespot writers and readers pitched in to make sure you don’t make the same mistakes they did!
Job Interview Faux Pas
Read about why you shouldn’t compare yourself to J. Lo during an job interview as well as other funny interview no-nos.
Disgusting/ Inappropriate/Annoying Office Behavior
More readers and writers chime in about disgusting, inappropriate and annoying office behavior. Just because you got the job doesn’t mean you’re going to keep it! Let’s hope you’re not guilty of any of these!
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Looking for a job can be a job in itself; too bad you don’t get paid to search! Here’s a fun guide full of ideas on how you can make some extra cash during your job search.
Tweet about your job search
Just because you change your bio doesn’t mean people are always looking. Be vocal about your search. Networking doesn’t happen over night, but you never know who might be reading your tweets.
Who you should be following
@microjobs
Microjobs was developed to bring together job seekers and recruiters through tweets. “Recruiters begin their tweets with @Microjobs, and then submit. The @Microjobs account automatically tweets out requests to its growing network of job seekers.”
Search by company, field, job type or region
Take advantage of the search feature on Twitter. If you’re thinking about working with a specific company, check and see if they’re on Twitter. They might have an account made specially for jobs (i.e. @attjobs or @mtvnetworksjobs.)
Also search by field. There are plenty of twitter accounts dedicated to helping people find jobs in a particular field (i.e. @journalism_jobs, @media_pros and @web_design_jobs)
For this image all I did was type in “jobs” under Find People and more than 5,000 results appeared.
#tweetmyjobs
“This is a very simple (and free) tool for job seekers. You can subscribe to desired job channels and even have new openings automatically sent to your mobile phone. Even better? You can specify which cities you want notifications from.”
Who are they following?
Many companies or high-profile tweeters are followed by thousands, but only follow a few. Who are those few? What makes them so important that they’re selected from the rest? Obviously there’s a reason. Maybe you should consider checking them out and following them.
Have some manners
When you follow someone new, or if someone follows you, send them a short Direct Message thanking them for the follow. Don’t be spammy and refer them to another website. Open up that line of communication, develop a relationship and see where it goes from there.
Job-Related Blogs
Don’t forget about the blogs! Twitter is an excellent tool, but there are many job-focused blogs out there. And who knows, those writers might just be on Twitter ready and willing to offer you tips and suggestions about how they landed that coveted position.
Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Personal Brand Image Online
“When prospective employers or clients Google your name, what do they find? If it’s nothing or next to nothing, then you have a great opportunity. If there’,s a lot of junk, then you also have an opportunity to turn that around to your advantage!”
This article lists ten ways for you to really polish your personal brand online. Each step will only make your search for a job on Twitter easier.
Register Your Own Domain Name
Number one of the top 10 ways to improve your personal brand online is to register your own domain name. By doing that you’re really carving out a niche for yourself on the web. What I like about the link about is that he used his name, Todd Alexander, and added “design.” It gives me a pretty good idea of what I’m going to see once I click the link. An added bonus is that no one else can have this link. It’s yours…all yours. You own your brand.
30+ Websites to Visit When You're Laid Off
If Twitter isn’t helping, check out this list of websites.
30 Ways to Lose a Job on Twitter
And just to be fair, I had to include this piece on how you can lose a job on Twitter. Be smart and be careful!
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I totally need to study this! I think my credit card bills are starting to get bigger than my freelancing checks…
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What a useful guide!! I’m sending this on to others…
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Great Guide! Didn’t even know you could take twitter so seriously for the job hunting!
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