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Andrea Snyder
Job & Career Center Manager
Enoch Pratt Free Library / Maryland State Library y y yResource Center
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What’s Your Goal?What s Your Goal?
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• www.hootsuite.com
• http://timely.is
• http://ifttt.com
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Andrea SnyderAndrea Snyder
asnyder@prattlibrary org@jobcenter_pratt@[email protected]
(410)396-5317@prattlibrary
Twitter for Job Seekers
B k RBrooke Roegge,Digital Information Specialist
MN Dept. of Employment and Economic Development
IntroductionIntroduction
• Goal of presentation:Give you resources to take back to your library’s job seeking patrons
• Presentation assumes participants have basic working knowledge of Twitter.
• Need an introduction to Twitter? Try these books:1. The Twitter Book by Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstein2. Twitter: Tips, tricks and tweets by Paul McFedries
IntroductionIntroduction
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
Searching for Jobs
Searching for JobsSearching for Jobs
• Four most popular hashtags for job-related tweets:
– #job– #jobs– #career
#– #careers
Searching for JobsSearching for Jobs
Searching for JobsSearching for Jobs
• Hashtags available for career fields:
– #clerical– #construction– #healthcare
#i– #insurance– #IT– #librarian– #marketing#marketing– #sales
– See link for more: http://goo.gl/SBHqV
Searching for JobsSearching for Jobs
• Double up on hashtags to narrow down search results:
– #job #healthcare– #jobs #clerical– #career #engineering
# #IT– #careers #IT
Searching for JobsSearching for Jobs
• Potential problem:
– Job postings are from every geographic location.
What if job seeker doesn’t want to move?
Searching for JobsSearching for Jobs
• Solution:
– Use Twitter’s advanced search engine
http://search.twitter.com
– Searches can be narrowed by zip code (and nearby range)
Third-Party Websites
Third party WebsitesThird-party Websites
• TweetMyJobs
http://veterans.tweetmyjobs.com
Third party WebsitesThird-party Websites
• JobTweet.me
Third party WebsitesThird-party Websites
• TwitJobSearch
Third party WebsitesThird-party Websites
• TweetBeep
Smartphone Apps for Job Seekers
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• Smartphone apps that aggregate jobs posted on Twitter:
– Jobtweet.de’s Jobsearch– Twittcareers– TwitterJobSearch
R lT J b N ki– RealTweets Job Networking
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• TwitterJobSearch
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• TwitterJobSearch
– Can search by job or location
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• TwitterJobSearch’s truncated job description
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• TwitterJobSearch
– Features available viatruncated description:
“Q i kPit h”• “QuickPitch” • Email the job• View the full job
description
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• Jobtweet.de’s Jobsearch
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• Jobtweet.de’s Jobsearch
– Search in English, German, French or Russian
– Job seekers can search for jobs
– Employers can search for candidates
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• Jobtweet.de’s Jobsearch
– What results look like for job search
• Ex: “librarian”• Ex: librarian
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• Jobtweet.de’s Jobsearch
– Saves yoursearch history
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• TwittCareers
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• TwittCareers
– Upon launch, displays jobs most recently
d T iposted to Twitter
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• TwittCareers
– Can search inEnglish, Frenchand Spanish
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• TwittCareers
– Example search:“Librarian”
Smartphone AppsSmartphone Apps
• TwittCareers
– Can email jobs to self (have to click link in tweet)
Questions?
Contact:Contact:Twitter: @broeggeEmail: [email protected]
Brooke’s full presentation on SlideShare: http://goo.gl/WDTMH
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