7 More Twitter Job-Search Tips

In keeping with the sudden Twitter theme this week, here are more tips on how to connect with hiring authorities (and job openings) via Twitter.

I can tell you that these ideas are excellent, because they’re not mine.

I’m adapting Chris Brogan’s article, “50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business,” for job hunters.

Here we go …

1. Open an account and use Twitter Search to listen for your target employers’ names, names of recruiting firms in your industry, and words that relate to your industry. (Listening always comes first.)

2. Add a picture. A good, professional-looking one. Not some dark, blurry nonsense from your Webcam.

3. Talk about interesting things in your industry, not just about you.

4. Share links to neat things in your community. ( @wholefoods does this well, according to Brogan.)

5. Talk about non-business things, to humanize yourself. But steer clear of politics, religion and other hot-button issues. (Tip: If you can picture Keith Olbermann fulminating about it, don’t Tweet it.)

6. Instead of answering the question, “What are you doing?”, answer the question, “What has your attention?”

7. Follow interesting people. If you find someone who tweets interesting things, see who she follows, and follow her.

What do you think? Is this crap, cool, or somewhere in between?

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