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Twitter for Job Seekers

Twitter for Job Seekers. Kelli Staley Digital Librarian Lansing Public Library. 70-80% of jobs are not published http://www.npr.org/2011/02/08/133474431/a-successful-job-search-its-all-about-networking. Introduction. Presentation available at: http://www.lansingpl.org Contact:

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Twitter for Job Seekers

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  1. Twitter for Job Seekers Kelli Staley Digital Librarian Lansing Public Library

  2. 70-80% of jobs are not published http://www.npr.org/2011/02/08/133474431/a-successful-job-search-its-all-about-networking

  3. Introduction • Presentation available at: http://www.lansingpl.org • Contact: • Twitter: @kellistaley • Email: kelli@lansingpl.org

  4. Introduction • Presentation assumes participants have basic working knowledge of Twitter. • Need an introduction to Twitter? Try these books: • The Twitter Book by Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstein • Twitter: Tips, tricks and tweets by Paul McFedries

  5. Introduction • Why Twitter? • Thousands of jobs posted there daily • Job seekers don’t have to register or post a resume first • Good venue for casual, informal networking • Offers immediate access to important people in your field

  6. Introduction • Presentation split in two parts: Active vs. passive approach Active approach – you have an account on Twitter, which you use to network and talk to people Passive approach – you might have an account, but you don’t use it to talk. Instead you follow people and look for job postings. The two approaches are not mutually exclusive! You can do both.

  7. The Passive Approach

  8. Searching for Jobs

  9. Searching for Jobs • Popular hashtags for job-related tweets: • #job • #jobs • #career • #careers

  10. Searching for Jobs

  11. Searching for Jobs • Search by field of interest: • #clerical • #construction • #healthcare • #insurance • #IT • #librarian • #marketing • #sales • See link for more: http://goo.gl/SBHqV

  12. Searching for Jobs • Tip: Double up on hashtags to narrow down search results: • #job #healthcare • #jobs #clerical • #career #engineering • #careers #IT

  13. Searching for Jobs • Potential problem: • Job postings are from every geographic location. What if job seeker doesn’t want to move?

  14. Searching for Jobs • Solution: • Use Twitter’s advanced search engine http://search.twitter.com • Searches can be narrowed by zip code (and nearby range)

  15. Third-Party Websites

  16. Third-party Websites • TweetMyJobs

  17. http://veterans.tweetmyjobs.com

  18. Third-party Websites • JobTweet.me

  19. Third-party Websites • TwitJobSearch

  20. Third-party Websites • TweetBeep

  21. Smartphone Apps for Job Seekers

  22. Smartphone Apps • Smartphone apps that aggregate jobs posted on Twitter: • Jobtweet.de’sJobsearch(iPhone only) • Twittcareers(iPhone only) • TwitterJobSearch(iPhone or Android) • RealTweets Job Networking(Android only)

  23. Smartphone Apps • TwitterJobSearch

  24. Smartphone Apps • TwitterJobSearch • Can search by job or location

  25. Smartphone Apps • TwitterJobSearch’s truncated job description

  26. Smartphone Apps • TwitterJobSearch • Features available via truncated description: • “QuickPitch” • Email the job • View the full job description

  27. Smartphone Apps • Jobtweet.de’s Jobsearch

  28. Smartphone Apps • Jobtweet.de’s Jobsearch • Search in English, German, French or Russian • Job seekers can search for jobs • Employers can search for candidates

  29. Smartphone Apps • Jobtweet.de’s Jobsearch • What results look like for job search • Ex: “librarian”

  30. Smartphone Apps • Jobtweet.de’s Jobsearch • Saves your search history

  31. Smartphone Apps • TwittCareers

  32. Smartphone Apps • TwittCareers • Upon launch, displays jobs most recently posted to Twitter

  33. Smartphone Apps • TwittCareers • Can search in English, French and Spanish

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