FINDING EMPLOYMENT ON TWITTER HINTS FOR EXECUTIVES..

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FINDING EMPLOYMENT ON TWITTER

Today many people are forced by the harsh economy to seek ways to earn extra cash to survive. Many people are now finding themselves scouring the job postings while

competing with thousand s of other people that are in the same posi-tion as well. Well the well populated world of Twitter not only offers opportunities to connect with people on a social level but you can connect with others on a business level as well. Not only can you tweet about your business and services to be offered but you search the community for potential jobs as well. The following is a listing of some of the ways to locate job opportunities on Twitter.

Twitter is the first social media job search engine that finds tweets that may be job postings. This job search engine is similar to other job search engines in that it allows for the user to search through various categories and find the listings that they are looking for. Each Job listing is in the form of a tweet and you can view the job listing by linking the posted tweet. You will be able to save the job listing by storing it in a Twitter job search account. You can follow the person or business that posted the job or you can retweet the posting. Also you can narrow down the listings by salary, location or type of employment (full time, part or internship).

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You can utilize the hashtags to find specific jobs of interest by search for specific types of hashtag listings. For example you can search for #writing jobs and any listings with that hashtag will show up.

Additionally you can send your resume easily on Twitter to potential employers. Twitter also has helpful tips for beefing up your resume, you can search for this info through the hashtag system as well; you can use hashtags like #resume. Also using hashtags you can find out when corporations are having conferences and follow them for info on job opportunities.

Also pay attention to other social websites for job postings they may lead you to their job postings on Twitter. Look for job recruiters on Twitter and read the bio information before engaging with them to ensure that this is the type of job you may be looking for. Ask others about the job recruiter to see if they are trustworthy. Unfortu-nately on Twitter or other social websites it can be difficult to sort out the deceptive people.

Furthermore there are steps you can take to make your presence on Twitter more employer friendly:

By listing a job pitch in the bio of your profile.

You can make your avatar professional looking as well as opposed to a casual avatar.

You can create a professional looking background using the Twitter templates.

Includes links to your resume in your bio information.

If you have a particular set of skills then institute yourself as an expert or knowledgeable person in your field.

HINTS FOR EXECUTIVES

Acompany executive represents their company’s brand in all areas especially public matters so when they speak at public events or deal with social media sites it is important

that they represent themselves in a professional light. Also executives are helping to bring the brand experience to customers and potential customers.

On Twitter, a company executive may come directly in contact with customers and if they are not careful they could create a nega-tive image for their company but by that same token if they are professional and engaging in their tweets they will create a more positive and strengthened image for the company. The use of social media by company executives can lead to great opportunities for marketing a company brand. But if you market to the point of overkill your company may lose some of its popularity, all work and no play can also make a company executive a boring tweeter.

To keep the proper balance in the Twitter environment as a company executive, an executive needs to know when to be an execu-tive and when to be a regular person. That is not to say to forget that you represent your company and the company brand but to make

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sure that people will enjoy your tweets about you and the company that you represent. There are some steps that a company executive can follow to ensure that the company’s public image will be well, received.

 Ensure that the brand lives up to its image and promise of the best product or service possible.

 A company executive should divulge company related information like interesting background information, corporate cultures, and leadership values, how they value their employees.

 Help followers with issues pertaining to the company

 Don’t market the company to followers engage them in interesting conversations make them want to be involved.

 Build a trust with followers by tweeting about the human side of your life, like family events or last night’s dinner. People tend to trust you more when you seem to be “down to earth”.

 A company executive also needs to be a good writer; misspellings and grammar mistakes look very unprofessional when you are representing a company.

 Be consistent, tweet a few times a day and stay in the tweet loop.

 Use ExecTweets to find other company executives on Twitter and join their followers in turn they will also bring you followers.

 Also use Wefollow to locate other company excutives like yourself.

Also, as a company executive it is important to remember that you are not only tweeting for existing customers and new potential customers but you are also there to network with other companies and executives –that is how you will build a larger community for your company and its brand.

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Now the use of video conferences and web videos is also another way that company executives can represent their company in an interesting and engaging light. Conferences may be used to attract potential job seekers.