I offered this presentation on June 7 at the Tennessee Career Center in Murfreesboro. The focus was using Twitter as a vaible tool during a job search and how it augments a job seeker's brand.
I designed two interactive exercises to get audience members thinking in 140 characters or less and about their brand. , 2012
1. Can you TWEET
your way to
work?
Victoria Hirschberg,
Business Development
Consultant,
TN Department of Economic &
Community Development
Image borrowed from http://www.geek.com/articles/news/yahoo-integrates-twitter-into-search-and-other-websites-20100225/
2. TODAY’S AGENDA:
* INTRODUCTIONS
* YOUR JOB SEEKER BRAND
* EXERCISE ONE
* TOUR DE TWITTER: HASHTAGS, RETWEETS, COMMENTS- OH MY!
* EXERCISE TWO
* JOBS4TN.GOV
* TAKE AWAYS
*Q&A
6. Se habla espanol Running
Travel
Economic Development
Creative
Current Events
Social Networking Blizzard the Cat
Workforce
Farmer’s Markets Industry Recruitment
Positive Outlook
University of New Mexico
VICTORIA In the know…
cooking
Writing Texas
Hustle
Sports, but really the NY Giants
Bright high heels
Hoop earrings Native New Yorker living in the South
7. TOUR DE TWITTER
HASHTAGS, RETWEETS, COMMENTS- OH MY!
Here I will show some searches, examples & key words
as a job seeker. Remember to link your feed to your
#Linkedin profile! #teamworkiscool
8.
9. * # Hashtags
(jobs, opportunity, discovery, conversation)
* Retweet – get more recognition & connect to a topic
* Follow people in your industry- get on the radar & in
the know
* Companies you might want to work for
* Organizations linked to jobs (Chambers of
Commerce, TNECD, newspapers, TNLabor, workforce)
* Lists- help you manage information
13. TAKE-AWAYS
* Twitter | Social media is a way to connect and build your
brand
* Twitter allows you to highlight your knowledge, skills and
connections to what is going on in the world around you
* There are tons of tools and information- be creative, yet
selective
* Twitter is a tool--- Not a task!
* Twitter | Social Networking adds to your skill set!
* And it’s free!