Here's a quick introduction to Twitter and how it can be leveraged to help you in your job search.

1. Tweet your way to a new job
I’m just not that into Twitter.
Am I missing something?
By Todd Nilson
@talentline411

2. What’s Twitter?
A primer
Why tweet?
Twitter and job search

3. WHAT’S TWITTER?

4. Get started in
twitter.com minutes

5. What are you doing?
Type here.

6. What are you doing?
OK.
Offering
interesting
content is
better!

7. Notice how your
follower tweets Your profile name,
appear like Facebook’s location, link and bio
wall updates. appear here.

8. Huge
growth in
Is it a fad?
While there has been
2009 some fall-off, Twitter
remains a great resource
for your job search.
Source: compete.com

9. Who has time for all this nonsense?
(And over 40 more CEOs)
Source: Businessweek “Tweets from the Chiefs”

10. A PRIMER

11. @ is Twitter’s way of
recognizing account
names, replies and
mentions
@

12. As a job seeker, you may not want to get
too fancy with account names.
@cooldude37 might work for a personal
account but it won’t fly for a
professional search.
@JimSmith

13. Here’s how a
reply looks.

14. RT
(Retweet)

15. You can track topics
by using the hashtag.
More on that later.
#
(Hashtag)

16. Lists
(Organize groups and conversations)

17. WHY TWEET?

18. Compared to a LinkedIn
Easy or Facebook setup,
starting with Twitter is
very easy.

19. Free
Twitter costs
nothing but the
time you put into it.

20. Fast is a double-
edged sword. Twitter Fast
has immediacy but it
can be a fire hose of
information, too.
Photo Credit: Flickr.com Jason Gulledge

21. Twitter is especially
good at forming Direct
and mantaining
relationships.

22. Mobile Twitter can be
accessed via SMS
on your mobile
phone. In addition,
many popular
smart phones have
Twitter apps.

23. TWITTER AND JOB SEARCH

24. Optimize your profile
• Use your real name
• Link to your blog (or
LinkedIn profile)
• Highlight skills,
education, job search
keywords in your profile
• Post a quality head shot
picture

25. Find relevant trending topics
• #jobs
• #jobsearch
• #JobHuntChat
• #jobsearch
• #career
• #jobseeker

26. Follow (and unfollow) wisely
• Connect with recruiters
– In your area
– In your industry
– In your profession
• Connect with fellow job
seekers
• Connect with career
coaches
• Beware high followings
with low tweet numbers!

27. Don’t be a twit!
• Avoid shameless self-promotion
• Provide context whenever possible
• Remember to say thank you
• Avd extrm abbrv b/c its annyng!
Images from Monty
Python’s Flying Circus

28. Connect LinkedIn

29. Use Tweetdeck to stay organized
Organize
conversations by
using columns.
Tweetdeck.com
is a free
download!

30. @talentline411 Many thanks to the nice people
at Right Management for inviting me to talk
about Twitter for the job search today!
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