expanding your job search with twitter
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EXPANDING YOUR JOB SEARCHWITH TWITTER
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§Research more people & companies more quickly§Easier to segment (with Hootsuite or Tweetdeck)§Cast a wider net
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§ Follow/meet relevant people in your industry
§ Keep current on your industry’s trends§ Attend conference virtually§ Join a Twitter Chat
§ Follow targeted company news
§ Follow targeted company job postings§ In addition to Job websites
§ Build your personal brand§ Optimize your profile§ Find content for building your personal brand
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§Same photo consistent across all social profiles
§Key words for your job search
§Link to website, LinkedIn profile or about.me aggregator profile
Preferred Name
Unique Twitter handle
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Follow/follower stats
Responses to your tweets (Mentions) and Direct or Private Messages
Profile
Newsfeed
Recommended people to follow
§ In this example, searched on “accounts”--not tweets
§ Used hashtag #SEO to find experts on topic Search Engine Optimization
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Drill down on one of the accounts by clicking
§ Supports many applications, but most relevant to job search:§ Find people NEAR you§ Find positive or negative
comments about target company
§ Can search on term, or hash tag
§ Can limit date range
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Popular general hashtags :
§ #Hiring or #NowHiring
§ #Jobs
§ #Careers
§ #TweetMyJobs
§ #JobOpening
§ #JobListing
§ #JobPosting
§ #HR
Career Specific:
§ #ITJobs
§ #TechJobs
§ #Marketing
§ #Freelance
§ @VPMarketingjobs
§ @jobbojcom
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§ @tmj_dfw_invbanking - Investment banking jobs
§ @tmj_dfw_media -TV/Film/Video/Radio jobs
§ @tmj_dfw_green -Green/sustainability jobs
Others§ DFW_Joblist§ @findwork_Dallas§ @jobs4Dal§ @jobfindlydal§ @jobsindallas1 @dallas_Jobs_USA§ @dallasjobstx @MBA_Jobs_USA_7§ @jobsplano
§ Accounts below related to Careerarc.com website. To customize notifications, go to http://www.careerarc.com/job-seeker . Or, follow:
§ @tmj_dfw_mgmt - Dallas Mgmt Jobs
§ @tmj_dfw_it - Dallas IT Jobs
§ @tmj_dfw_itdnet - Dallas IT.NET jobs
§ @tmj_dfw_itjava - Dallas IT Java jobs
§ @tmj_dfw_eng - Dallas Engineering Jobs
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§ Saves time as following count grows
§ Categorize according to varying priorities § News Tier 1 Targeted Companies§ Jobs Tier 1 Targeted Companies§ News & Jobs, Tier 2 Targets§ Media & Industry Analysts§ Experts on topics representing your
personal brand or education areas § Social Media, content marketing,
Enterprise Social Networking§ Product Management, UX, general
business trends§ Unified Communications, IoT
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§ Missing out on an industry conference? Follow event hashtag:§ Stay up with trends§ Virtually meet industry peers and
experts
§ Search for event account, like Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce.com conference.§ Follow hashtag listed in profile
§ Top Tech Conferences
§ Top Marketing Conferences
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§ Scheduled, real-time Twitter-based discussions based on shared interests
§ Minimal time commitment
§ Virtually meet experts in your field
§ Sample listing of today’s scheduled chats
§ #ESNchat in diagram focuses on topics related to Enterprise Social Networking
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§ 91 Twitter Tools: https://blog.bufferapp.com/free-twitter-tools
§ Follow based on profiles, topics§ http://www.toolset.com
§ Account management, unfollows§ http://www.crowdfire.com
§ Search, Segment and Publish§ Hootsuite§ Tweetdeck
§ Find Twitter Chats in Your Industry: 5 Resources
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Laurie ShookPresented to Lee Hecht HarrisonJune, 2016@LaurieShook