http://www.jonathanduarte.com/job-search/top-10-benefits-of-using-twitter-for-a-job-search Internet Job Search Expert and Social Media Career Coach Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.jonathanduarte.com/job-search/top-10-benefits-of-using-twitter-for-a-job-search/comment-page-1#comment-9 admin Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:25:41 +0000 http://www.jonathanduarte.com/?p=61#comment-9 Debrac, Thanks for the comments about "How to use @mentions and #hashtags". Great tips! Thanks again, Jonathan Debrac,
Thanks for the comments about “How to use @mentions and #hashtags”.
Great tips!
Thanks again,
Jonathan

]]> http://www.jonathanduarte.com/job-search/top-10-benefits-of-using-twitter-for-a-job-search/comment-page-1#comment-8 admin Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:24:45 +0000 http://www.jonathanduarte.com/?p=61#comment-8 Miriam, Great points about the wide "net" that Twitter casts. This is really important if candidates want to search for contacts in their industry, markets, and even potential employee referrals in a company that they want to apply with. Thanks for the comments! Joanthan Miriam,
Great points about the wide “net” that Twitter casts.
This is really important if candidates want to search for contacts in their industry, markets, and even potential employee referrals in a company that they want to apply with.
Thanks for the comments!
Joanthan

]]> http://www.jonathanduarte.com/job-search/top-10-benefits-of-using-twitter-for-a-job-search/comment-page-1#comment-7 Debra Feldman, JobWhiz Executive Talent Agent Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:07:02 +0000 http://www.jonathanduarte.com/?p=61#comment-7 Sound advice from beginning to end. One of the advantages of Twitter is that you can follow people and pull information about an industry, a company, etc. without interrupting them. Do your research,learn from inside contacts without having to make a direct contact, without having to ask permission-- all you do is follow their tweets, search for @mentions and look for related # tags. Once you find a tweeter that appears to be a good resource, you can choose to take a conversation off line and nurture a new relationship. Twitter is a great way to identify potential leads. It is easy to observe before identifying or exposing much information about oneself. Sound advice from beginning to end. One of the advantages of Twitter is that you can follow people and pull information about an industry, a company, etc. without interrupting them. Do your research,learn from inside contacts without having to make a direct contact, without having to ask permission– all you do is follow their tweets, search for @mentions and look for related # tags. Once you find a tweeter that appears to be a good resource, you can choose to take a conversation off line and nurture a new relationship. Twitter is a great way to identify potential leads. It is easy to observe before identifying or exposing much information about oneself.

]]> http://www.jonathanduarte.com/job-search/top-10-benefits-of-using-twitter-for-a-job-search/comment-page-1#comment-6 Miriam Salpeter, Keppie Careers Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:44:32 +0000 http://www.jonathanduarte.com/?p=61#comment-6 Jonathan - I absolutely agree! Twitter is a terrific tool for job seekers and, compared to other social networking tools (such as Facebook and LinkedIn), it is unique in offering an extremely wide "net" of potential contacts. Job seekers who focus on using it to grow their communities and expand their number of professional relationships will find that "tweeps" have a tendency to be very generous! I have seen great connections formed on Twitter. Some have led to jobs and others to opportunities for more networking! Jonathan – I absolutely agree! Twitter is a terrific tool for job seekers and, compared to other social networking tools (such as Facebook and LinkedIn), it is unique in offering an extremely wide “net” of potential contacts. Job seekers who focus on using it to grow their communities and expand their number of professional relationships will find that “tweeps” have a tendency to be very generous! I have seen great connections formed on Twitter. Some have led to jobs and others to opportunities for more networking!

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