2009 Dorothy C. Beach, CIR PHR

Using Twitter as a Job Seeker

Dorothy C. Beach MBA CIR PHRRecruiting Research and Social Media StrategistTwitter: @DorothyBeach @DFWTRN

2009 Dorothy C. Beach, CIR PHR

Twitter – can it be used for job hunting?

Why I use Twitter as a jobseeker What are your goals? Mine is to

self-brand and yes, get a job I measure my success – am I

becoming better, more influential, and seem credible?

I always remember this is just one tool in a job campaign*

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Do companies and recruiters use Twitter?

More companies are automating Twitter to push jobs to it – Microsoft and AT&T are examples

More recruiters are becoming aware of it and trying it out – density isn’t there yet BUT

Twitter growth is log scale – density will come quickly*

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What is Twitter?

A microblog of 140 characters per post included urls and spaces

There are those you follow and those who follow you

You can make your account private FREE and no barriers to follow

someone or unfollow Open API so hundreds of apps

developed – most free*

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Using

Sign up for an account – twitter.com – it’s FREE*

Fill out your short bio adding keywords and include location*

Follow the job posting tweets Follow recruiters in your niche and

those local Follow hashtags like #job Use tools to make it efficient

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How to engage in Twitter…

You can reply to the public stream or direct message privately* (DM)

You can do a retweet (RT) from posts – an “Atta Boy” for the tweeter and a reco to your followers*

Has groups of tweets, by subject or event, called hashtags*

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Some Tools for Twitter

TwitterBerry

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(#jobangels)

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Apr 09 FrontEndRecruiting.ning.com – quick rampup…

Jobseekers: The 15 best job apps on Twitter

50 Terrific Twitter Tips for Job Seekers

the best job applications on twitter 10 Social Media Resources for

Executive Job Search

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Twitter videos on my blog…

All about hashtags Tweetdeck walk through Twitter for newbies All info came from Twitter peeps

that I follow…

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THE DEMO…

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Questions?

Connect on LinkedIn* FrontEndRecruiting.ning.com Follow me @DorothyBeach If a recruiter follow

@DFWTRN Slidedeck on

slideshare.com/biochemist*