Short status updates or messages on twitter which we call tweet are gaining much popularity on the net than ever before. People are using it to stay in touch with their friends, celebrities, or even if they want to be in touch with the latest updates on a website. It has also proven to be a very successful tool for driving traffic to your business and building a fan page.
Today, we are going to cover yet another exciting aspect of twitter which many people have been utilizing already for their benefit, and that is job hunting through twitter.
The trends for hiring quality human resource have been changing quite rapidly in the past few years. Now throwing a CV with fancy words on it in multiple organizations might not be very helpful for you to score a job. You need to do more than this to catch your dream job.
While doing the job hunting on various online job portals, browsing through networks on LinkedIn and posting CVs online, you might be missing out on one of the other very important resources that might help you out with your quest. Try Twitter, and here's how exactly you need to do it.
Follow all Job Portals and Job Search Experts
Following some great job experts could give you some good insights of the market along with useful tips and information. You can get a good list of people to follow about your job search from Twellow's directory for Employment > Career > Job.
The results you would experience after following such people could be really helpful for you in your job hunt.
Search for Posted Positions
Companies are tweeting about the new vacancies and opening every now and then, you just need to hunt them all. Search for keywords at search.twitter.com like #jobs #openings or keywords related with your area of expertise and you might get lucky. New positions from various companies are floating on twitter timeline most of the time and it might prove to be very useful for you.
Follow Big Names from the Industry
Those who are already in industry know a lot more about it than those who haven't joined it yet. As it's not easy to remain in touch with them and ask for the latest updates, the better option is to stick with their blog or twitter account and keep frequent check on what they have got to say. All of them might not be very active online, but even few good people with info would do. You can search for them at twitter search or at the Twellow's directory.
Engage With the Tweeples
As they say that the first step towards learning is to 'listen, listen and listen', the thing which you have to do after this is to speak and let other people know that you are an educated person out there in the World and have enough knowledge to qualify for a job. You need to engage in healthy discussion related with market, jobs, companies etc. This would help you to build a stronger network with others and making a better PR.
The more you interact with the people, better your reputation would be which you could cash from industry. Twitter could prove to be a great way to learn and interact with people and do a personal branding to attract some good offers. You can also use other social media tools and networks in this regard but as this article is intended for the use of twitter only, we would discuss about the other social networks later.