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EXPANDING YOUR JOB SEARCHWITH TWITTER

Flickr Creative Commons Roderick Eime

§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

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Search box

Follow button

Search categories

§ 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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The Family Circus by Cartoonist Bil Keane

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Art from E2UA.com

Laurie ShookPresented to Lee Hecht HarrisonJune, 2016@LaurieShook