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Twitter For Walsh
The document discusses how Twitter can be used to assist with job searching. It provides tips for setting up a Twitter profile and account for job seeking purposes, including adjusting privacy settings and having a profile statement that establishes your credentials. It also discusses strategies for using Twitter actively and passively to find jobs, conduct industry research, network, and keep up to date with news through following relevant accounts, lists, and search agents. Homework assignments are provided to get started using Twitter for one's job search.
Twitter For Walsh
- 1. Walsh College TakingCharge Workshop November 3, 2009 by Cleo Parker Job Seekers Taking Charge of
- 2. Twitter for JobSeekers How can Twitter assist in a job search ? Setting up your Twitter account Profile & following strategies Homework
- 3. How Twitter CanAssist Job Seekers
- 4. Using Twitter forJob Search Establish your credentials Locate jobs Networking Intelligence Gathering
- 5. Finding Jobs onTwitter: Passive Delivered to your inbox TweetBeep “like Google alerts for twitter:” http://tweetbeep.com/ to set up job alerts Tweet My Jobs – set up search by channel http://www.tweetmyjobs.com/ Delivered to your Twitter account: These can literally be overwhelming, huge numbers and variable quality Twitter Job Search http:// www.twitterjobsearch.com / Twitter Job Finder http:// twitterjobfinder.com /
- 6. Finding Jobs onTwitter: Active Twitter Search: http:// search.twitter.com / Use hashtags like #jobs, #jobseekers, #hiring, #mijobs plus relevant keywords Use Twitter Search to identify people who work at your target companies and recruiters specializing in your field
- 7. Opportunities Research UseTwitter search to identify conversations about target companies Identify business news sources to find target companies Crain’s, Ann Arbor SPARK, etc. Identify corporate strategies and issues
- 8. Setting up andUsing Twitter Tips for Job Seekers
- 9. Twitter Profile forJob Seekers Adjust Your Settings User Name Profile Statement Link Page Background User Photo Notifications Devices
- 10. What Next? First,you tweet Engaging content stimulates interest in following you Find an article of interest about your field or a target company and tweet a brief comment and link Then you follow Identify people at target companies, industry experts, local connectors, recruiters Develop a system for monitoring key topics and connections
- 11. Organizational Tools TwitterLists – new feature to organize who you’re following within Twitter itself Free downloadable applications: Tweetdeck , Hootsuite , Seesmic , Twirl Create categories Built in URL shortening Link Twitter to other social media, Facebook, blogs, etc.
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- 13. Twitter Homework Establisha complete profile on Twitter Tweet about an article, event or observation relevant to your professional goals at least 3 times in the next week Locate and follow at least one Twitter account for 5 target companies Set up a TweetMyJobs search agent Follow @ cleoparker on Twitter If you tweet about this workshop, I’ll follow you back
Editor's Notes
- #5 Locating jobs Job Boards, Recruiters (internal and external) tweet jobs you can use search functions or follow targeted tweeps Establish credentials – tweet about topics that showcase your expertise and interests Networking – follow industry leaders and well-connected people in your locality or profession Intelligence Gathering – search on company or topical tweets, look for seminar/conference tweets using hashtag # searches
- #6 You can search Twitter to find people working at or talking about specific companies as well as job postings TweetBeep can be set up to send you alerts when key phrases appear There are quite a few job posting feeds, but the filters don’t seem to work well, looking for industry and/or area specific feeds and searches are a better bet
- #7 You can search Twitter to find people working at or talking about specific companies as well as job postings TweetBeep can be set up to send you alerts when key phrases appear There are quite a few job posting feeds, but the filters don’t seem to work well, looking for industry and/or area specific feeds and searches are a better bet
- #10 You can have more than one account, some people have separate ones for personal, business, blogs, even their dog! But let’s start with ONE Profile: 160 characters allowed to mention your professional and personal strengths Link: use your Linkedin profile, a business website or online resume Background: Select from several Twitter default backgrounds and colors. Creating a custom background is an option, formatting can be tricky, but illustrates graphic capability. Photo: I recommend a professional photo, suitable for Linkedin Notifications, you can be notified by email when someone starts following you or sends you a direct message if you don’t constantly monitor the service Devices: use to set up your phone to send/receive tweets
- #12 The basic Twitter interface is simple, but can be difficult to navigate because everything feeds into the same column. Fortunately there are several free applications that allow users to better manage their experience: Tweetdeck – most popular, what I use Also well-regarded: Hootsuite Twirl Categorize people you follow; jobs, advice, professional, personal, etc. Unique columns for @replies and DMs