Tough economic times call for innovative approaches. With the on going recession and no signs of it abating soon, searching for a job and keeping it intact seems like the toughest thing. So who does one turn to when all the job providing websites have failed? One great option is Twitter.
In addition all the things that Twitter is used for like Social Networking and Business, Twitter is evolving as another resource, for both job searching and recruiting. Like many celebrities and stars on Twitter, many recruiters too are on Twitter. So as a businessman targets his audience to sell his product, an employee should also sell himself.
Just by seeing to some few things you can be rest assured of making a good impression.
∙ Make your Twitter presence “employer-friendly”
Put your job pitch in your Twitter bio. Make sure it is concise and to the point.
Use a real and well dressed pic of yourself.
Make sure you tweet about your job search
• Utilize your Twitter background.
If you haven’t noticed, there’s lots of space in the back you can use to promote yourself. Upload a pic with info about yourself and your qualification and contact details.
• Include a link to an online CV or resume in your bio.
As one thing may lead to another, this may prove quite useful.
As one thing may lead to another, this may prove quite useful.
• Establish yourself as an expert in your field on Twitter.
It’s important to note that you should not misrepresent yourself. If you’re an electrical engineer, then stick to being one. There's no point in portraying that you are a computer engineer. As more and more people will visit your profile, your popularity will zoom and will help you in fetching a job.
It’s important to note that you should not misrepresent yourself. If you’re an electrical engineer, then stick to being one. There's no point in portraying that you are a computer engineer. As more and more people will visit your profile, your popularity will zoom and will help you in fetching a job.
Now all said and done one thing you always got to remember. It’s not always about who you’re looking for; some people on Twitter are actually looking for YOU.
There are many job recruiters who use Twitter to look for potential candidates. But like many fake celebrities on Twitter you have to make sure that it is a genuine recruiter. So always remember to check out:
• Their bio
• Follower/Following ratio (This will give you an idea whether they been around a while? Do they follow people back?)
• Click the link to their website. Verify the info on the website.
• Ask others in your network whether or not the recruiter is a credible source
In addition to your profile, you could also make use of many job search tools to do the job for you.
@Microjobs
Started by well-known PR professional, Brian Solis, it 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.
TweetMyJobs
Just follow the hashtag #Tweetmyjobs and visit the website. This is a very simple and free tool for job seekers. You can even subscribe to desired job channels and have new openings automatically sent to your mobile phone. What’s even better is you can specify which cities you want notifications from.
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