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Easy Way to Get Exposure – Tweet to @JobAngels

September 10, 2010 By

JobAngels.org has gotten so much traffic that it’s really an amazing resource. They will issue a tweet on your behalf – which will result in your LinkedIn profile, personal blog/website in getting a fair number of views

Here’s how it works: 

1) Assuming you have a Twitter account, follow @JobAngels (if you don’t have one, it just takes a few minutes to set-up) 

2) @JobAngels will do an auto-follow back to you

3) Send direct message to @JobAngels include: Name, industry, geography, position and tinyurl link to their linkedin account, website, etc.)

4) Tweets goes to 15,000+ followers

I spoke with the founder of JobAngels, Mark Stelzner, and he sees that people are getting up to several hundred views as a result of their @JobAngels tweet

This is a simple action to get some great exposure.

Be sure to share @JobAngels with your colleagues – both those in transition and those you like to help!  It’s such a great concept and organization.

Cheers,

Mark

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Using Twitter to Promote Yourself during a Job Search

June 10, 2010 By

Twitter is another great tool in the toolbox to promote your qualifications during a job search. The intent is to have potential employers and networking contacts read your tweets.

A couple of thoughts to help get you started

1. Keep it professional and positive

2. Focus on your profession only – especially where you can give advice from personal experience

3. If you have skills that cannot be easily trained, put those in your tweets, as employers will need to hire someone with them

4. Tweet on issues/experiences that will likely be raised in an interview/networking

5. Before starting to Tweet. Write your first 50 tweets. People will go to your profile and review your tweets – so best to have them organized versus random thoughts. So tweet with purpose (I’d wager no one has ever told you that before).

6. Retweet other good thoughts from people you follow – recognizing good content is as valuable as giving it

7. Manage who you follow and who follows you (e.g. Blocking anyone who has ‘Check out my hot profile’ is a good tip)

Put your Twitter ID on your business cards (along the URLs for personal blogs, LinkedIn profile, etc.) – so people know you’re tweeting.

Good luck today!

Mark Richards

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Using Twitter to Promote Yourself during a Job Search

March 3, 2010 By

Twitter is another great tool in the toolbox to promote your qualifications during a job search. The intent is to have potential employers and networking contacts read your tweets.

A couple of thoughts to help get you started

1. Keep it professional and positive

2. Focus on your profession only – especially where you can give advice from personal experience

3. If you have skills that cannot be easily trained, put those in your tweets, as employers will need to hire someone with them

4. Tweet on issues/experiences that will likely be raised in an interview/networking

5. Before starting to Tweet. Write your first 50 tweets. People will go to your profile and review your tweets – so best to have them organized versus random thoughts. So tweet with purpose (I’d wager no one has ever told you that before).

6. Retweet other good thoughts from people you follow – recognizing good content is as valuable as giving it

7. Manage who you follow and who follows you (e.g. Blocking anyone who has ‘Check out my hot profile’ is a good tip)

Put your Twitter ID on your business cards (along the URLs for personal blogs, LinkedIn profile, etc.) – so people know you’re tweeting.

Good luck today!

Mark Richards

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Filed Under: Promoting Yourself, Twitter

LinkedIn versus Twitter for Job Search

February 18, 2010 By

I gave a presentation last week on using Twitter for Job Search.

I’ve used both Twitter and LinkedIn to help people find my Candidates Chair site and job search networking. When it comes to allocating your time for job search – I’d go with LinkedIn before Twitter.

Here’s how I think of the two: Twitter is a raging river that’s wide, fast and crowded. LinkedIn is also crowded, but it’s a slower river with lots of small ponds to pull off along the way.

While I’ve made a number of good connections via Twitter, it is much more work than LinkedIn. More work because it’s tougher to stand out (unless you are a celebrity) simply due to the pace of Twitter and fewer ways to stand out.

LinkedIn on the other hand has so many ways to stand out. Putting aside the most obvious of a mutual connection. My favorite are answering questions and participating in groups.

If you look at a typical question on LinkedIn – if it has more than a dozen answers, that’s quite a few.

Yet these questions get lots of people looking at them – with 70 million people on LinkedIn, here’s a perfect opportunity to show off your skill when you are only one of a dozen people answering a question. Careful thought in a brief answer can go a long way.

The same issue holds true for group discussions.

Over 40% of the traffic to my Candidates Chair came from answering questions or group discussions on LinkedIn. 5% via Twitter.

LinkedIn truly rules the roost when it comes to making connections and getting exposure of your ‘brand’.

Twitter is no slacker when it comes to content – which is one of my favorite aspects of Twitter. The amount of articles, advice, etc. on job search is stunning. Anything from resume writing, interviewing, on-line applications, career coaching, etc.

Networking will always be king and LinkedIn will give you more opportunities to both find people, but also inspire them to help you out.

Cheers,

Mark

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