twitter for job search mar 2011

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Social Media

TwitterFor Job SearchMarch 3, 2010

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Skeptic/Believer Scale

Where do you fit?

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Skeptic Believer

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You know you want to

Google yourself

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Ways to increase your brand recognition

•What are some ways you could increase your visibility?

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Twitter

• Sign in to Twitter•Write one tweet• Find @SandraAClark• Follow me/unfollow•Retweet one of my tweets

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What about you?

•What’s your handle? •Find your neighbor•Bonus: What’s their

“brand”?•Examples and suggestions.

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Who to follow?

• Who should you follow?• Exercise: Find people to follow• Advanced topic: auto thank you

emails to followers and auto return following (https://www.socialoomph.com/)

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Suggestions to follow

• Rob Enderle (Analyst, Enderle Group)@Enderle• Jeremiah Owyang (Analyst, Forrester Research)

@jowyang• Jason Snell (Editorial Director of Macworld)@jsnell• Rafe Needleman (Editor of Webware) @Rafe• Padmasree Warrior (CTO at Cisco Systems) @Padmasree• Harry McCracken (Editor of Technologizer)

@harrymccracken• Guy Kawasaki (Former chief evangelist of Apple. Co-

founder of Alltop.com) @Alltop

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Now for what you really came for!

• Searching for jobs on Twitter• Are they there?•What have you heard? •Where have you looked?•Hashtag # (e.g. #jobs)

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Twitter Job Search

• Video http://mashable.com/2011/01/08/advanced-twitter-search-jobs/

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Find A Job on Twitter

• http://search.twitter.com/advanced• Look up with a partner• Find at least 2 jobs • 5 minutes

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Other sites to search for jobs

• http://tweetmyjobs.com/jobseekerintro

• http://www.twitjobsearch.com/

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Skeptic/Believer Scale

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Skeptic BelieverAny movement?

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Want my links online?

•Send a direct message to @SandraAClark with your email requesting soft copy of links.

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Social Media

Q & A Twitter

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Twitter Appendix• Twitter Security:• Do not put your SSN or Passwords on twitter!• Who cares who follows you?

– Everything you say is public around the world• This makes you honest, authentic, and careful what you say

– Nobody can message you unless You Follow Them– Don’t enable “Location Services” on your accounts or mobile devices unless you know

what you are doing with them• Complete your profile• Use a good picture that shows your personality

– Also, Have a good picture on Twitter (it’s good to use the same one that you use for LinkedIn) for people to find – and they will!

– Use “art” if you are doing branding for your own web property or company or “Nom de Plume.”

• Recheck security settings periodically• Some companies/people (e.g. Barack Obama has a verified a/c (see checkmark beside name

but no longer adding new verification) but obviously not the President tweeting.

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Twitter Appendix cont.• Twitter search – the yellow pages of Twitter – www.twellow.com (www.twellowhood .com for local people)• Job Search Resources• http://mashable.com/2009/03/13/twitter-jobs/• http://www.twitjobsearch.com/• Signing in with Twitter' allows you to: • save jobs to your account• add your online CV• follow others• People to follow:• Craig Fisher a.k.a. @Fishdogs – Craig is an IT and executive recruiter who co-founded A-List Solutions staffing firm. On

Twitter he offers tweets on how to find a job in the web industry, hiring tips and tricks, along with professional career advice.• Jennifer McClure a.k.a. @CincyRecruiter – Jennifer is an executive recruiter/coach. She often tweets out specific advice for

job seekers, including words not to use on a resume. Jennifer is accessible to her followers and tweets about non-recruiting topics as well.

• Laurie DesAutels a.k.a. @biotechjobs – Laurie recruits a specific niche, looking for senior level leaders in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. Her tweet stream includes links to other job search resources and lots of Twitter information.

• @Microjobs• Started by well-known PR professional, Brian Solis, @Microjobs was developed to bring together job seekers and recruiters

through tweets. • How does it work?

Recruiters begin their tweets with @Microjobs, and then submit. The @Microjobs account automatically tweets out requests to its growing network of job seekers.

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Twitter Appendix cont.• TweetMyJobs.com• Another tool born out of Twitter for job seekers and recruiters. Follow the hashtag #Tweetmyjobs and visit

the website. 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.

• Job search accounts: http://search.twitter.com/• There are a variety of Twitter accounts dedicated to providing job listings by field, company, region, and

more. Once you’ve decided which best match your job search, consider turning on mobile alerts for these accounts to be among the first to receive messages (if your mobile phone plan includes SMS messages).

• By company• @attjobs – Jobs at AT&T

@mtvnetworksjobs – Jobs at MTV@TRCareers – Jobs from Thomson Reuters

• By field• @alldevjobs – Developer jobs

@cwjobs – Copywriter jobs@juicyjobs – Green jobs@libgig_jobs – Library Jobs

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Twitter Appendix cont.• @media_pros – Jobs for media professionals

@narmsjobs – Retail marketing jobs@PRSAjobcenter – Jobs in public relations, communications and marketing@reflectx – Physical Therapy jobs@seojobs – SEO job listings@socialmediajob – Jobs in social media@travelmaxallied – Healthcare jobs@travelnursejob – Jobs for traveling nurses@usmusicjobs – US Music Jobs@web_design_jobs – Web design and other graphics jobs

• By job type• @findinternships – Internships and entry level jobs for college students

@freelance_jobs – Freelance jobs@heatherhuhman – Entry level jobs and internships@Project4Hire – Freelance and temporary jobs

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Twitter Appendix cont.• By region

• @sfmobilejobs – Mobile Web and Digital Media jobs in Silicon Valley• General• @JobAngels – Helping the unemployed find jobs

@indeed – One search. All jobs.@jobshouts – General job postings@simplyhired – Job search site@StartUpHire – Jobs at VC backed companies@twithire – Job board service

• To find additional Twitter job resources, use the Twitter search function and type in keywords important in your job search. For example, “job openings,” “looking for a job,” or “healthcare career.” Additionally, you can search out others in your desired career field on sites like Twellow (a directory of public Twitter accounts, with hundreds of categories and search features to help you find people who matter to you), and Just tweet it.

• http://www.jobprofiles.org/library/job-search/100-useful-twitter.htm - 100 Useful Twitter Tools and Feeds for Your Job Search

• http://mashable.com/2009/05/17/twitter-hashtags/ - use hashtags (e.g. #hirefriday, #jobs)• http://www.susanwhitcomb.com/category/posts/twitter-job-search-guide/• • Not Twitter but useful job search site:• http://www.linkup.com/ - Search company's career pages without having to go to each one individually. Start your job

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