6 Ways Twitter can Help you Find your next Job

We talk a lot on this blog about using Twitter… more and more people are around the world are hopping on the Twitter scene.  I think Twitter has become a MUST for jobseekers in all industries – companies advertise their open positions through Twitter and hope job seeking Twitter-ers (I don’t guarantee that’s the proper [...]

Job Hunting? You Better Start Using Twitter

If you are a knowledge worker and you are serious about finding a new job … you better start using Twitter.    For most knowledge workers, Twitter is the new trade magazine.  It is where you can read the latest reports, studies and thinking in your field … and where you get first crack at the jobs.  (Many jobs you [...]

25 Recruiters on Twitter

Lots of people are on Twitter now, so how do you know which are worth following? Maybe you should check out wefollow’s “25 most influential Recruiters”. Do you follow any of them on Twitter? Leave us a comment. We’d love to know why they’re so influential.

How to Get on More Twitter Lists

Brent Peterson wrote a great post proposing the idea that hiring managers should hire the candidate on the most twitter lists. Brent says that the number of followers you have on twitter often means nothing, but the number of “lists” those followers list you on means a lot. So how do you get “listed” by [...]

The Twitter Guide Book

Are you just getting started with Twitter? Created a profile, filled out your name but not sure what to do next? Maybe you should check out Mashable’s “The twitter Guide Book” – it’s filled with all sorts of tips about how to use twitter (the basics, building your community, twittering for business). If I were [...]

Don’t Post your Birthday or Hometown on Facebook

Social Media is supposed to be personal: a way for former, current and future friends to find, greet and meet you. But Shirley George Frazier warns that we may be giving away too much information. She says that posting your hometown and birth date on your social media sites is dangerous! It gives outside sources [...]

Who is Recruiting on Twitter?

Question: Ever wonder who is recruiting on Twitter? Answer: Practically everyone. The fact is: Twitter is skyrocketing in popularity. It feels like everyone has a Twitter now; anytime I listen to the radio, I hear “Follow us on Twitter” for celebrities, companies, the radio station itself, everyone. So why wouldn’t companies be using Twitter for [...]