Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

US Dept. of Labor Chooses Job-Hunt Twitter Account & LinkedIn Group

February 3rd, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

During December, 2009, and January, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor conducted a crowd-sourcing event where career professionals, job seekers, and other interested parties could nominate and then vote for their favorite “Job Seeker Tools.”

Job-Hunt’s Twitter Account and Job-Hunt’s Job-Hunt Help LinkedIn Group were selected as 2 of the 10 “best” Social Media Job Search Tools.

Find all the US Department of Labor Job Seeker Tools on CareerOneStop.org.

Why Twitter Works

December 27th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

In 2008, my first impression of  Twitter was that it was really kind of dumb and useless.  It asked “What are you doing?”  and many people obligingly (and boringly) answered this question – having a grande half-caf latte in Starbucks, watching a TV show, etc.  Who cared?  Very few.  NOT me!

But, a friend convinced me to try it for a couple of days, and I discovered that I was very wrong about Twitter being dumb OR useless.

Twitter is excellent for many things and has opened a whole new online world for me: (more…)

Job-Hunt’s Top 10 Job Search Twitter Lists

November 29th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Over the past couple of months, I’ve spent time researching and compiling Twitter Lists, a new Twitter capability that is currently still in “beta” (not quite ready for prime time).

Job-Hunt’s Top 10 Twitter Lists are presented in order (below) by the total number of Twitter accounts they are following today, with one exception at the end.  I expect the number of accounts in each list will probably increase as I discover new accounts in the future, so the number of accounts in each of these  lists may be different when you view them.

The accounts you find in each list should be consistent with the title of the list.  For example, the largest and most popular list, Employers-Recruiting, contains ONLY employers or in-house recruiters for employers.  It does not contain job boards or independent recruiting/staffing company Twitter accounts.   The job boards are probably on the Job-Listings list (if they Tweet their job openings), and the recruiters are probably on the Recrutiers-and-Recruiting list.  Assuming they passed the “sniff test” (below).

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8 Twitter Power SEO Tips for Job Seekers

July 2nd, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Recruiters and potential employers search Google for job candidates, even in this economy, and Google loves Twitter.  So, by leveraging search engine optimization (SEO) techniques in Twitter, you can make it easier for them to find you, not only in Twitter but also in Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.

As a job seeker, you want to be found if someone searches on the job title you want, your profession or industry, and also your name.  Your Twitter account will be helpful for you even after you’ve found that next job.  Recruiters and employers are always searching for good people, so this account can become a major long-term asset to your career:

  • People Googling your keywords (your job title, profession, industry, etc.) will find you because your Twitter account will appear in the search results, if you have used those keywords as described in the rest of this article.
  • People Googling your name will find your Twitter account in the search results if you have used your name as part of your Twitter identity.

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The 101 Best Twitter Job Search/Career Experts Plus 6

June 30th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

I’ve had several complaints that my #FollowFriday Tweets of great career and job search Twitter accounts are overwhelming. So, this is my #FF list, consolidated and broken up by category. I’ve tried very hard not to leave off anyone who is making a great contribution, and agonized about leaving off several to keep the number to 101 of the most useful.

Many good career Tweeps are not included in this version of the list because they are not currently active or not on-topic right now (vacation time, whatever).

And, there are many other popular Twitter accounts which provide a mix of content with “personality” and they are not included here. But, they could still be useful to you – it just depends what you want.

Note: Updated on October 18, 2009. Some Tweeters left, and new Tweeters arrived. Find all these Tweeps and more on Job-Hunt’s Job Search Experts Twitter List.

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Criteria for Top 50 Twitter Accounts

June 21st, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

This month, Job-Hunt compiled and published 2 very popular blog posts: The Top 50 Employers Recruiting on Twitter and The Top 50 College and University Career Centers Using Twitter.   A few people have asked what criteria were used to determine which Twitter accounts were included in the Top 50.  As with the thousands of other links on Job-Hunt, care was used in making the selections. (more…)

Hired Through Twitter

November 21st, 2008 by Susan P. Joyce

We knew it was probably happening, but now we have the proof.  David Meerman Scott has documented people, like David Murray, using Twitter to connect with their next jobs.  In this case, David was looking for a job in the social network world, so Twitter was an obvious venue to use.  It demonstrated his skill as well as connecting him with his market.

In case you don’t know about it, Twitter is the “micro-blogging” network where you don’t have LinkedIn “connections.”  You have “followers” and you “follow” others.  In other words, people subscribe to your “Tweets” and you subscribe to Tweets by others.

Obviously, doing appropriate and interesting Tweets is a skill, but it can be learned, by hundreds of thousands of people obviously.