photo, or report on a recent professional event. To post this also on
Twitter, always begin not with Twitter but with LinkedIn. Write your
update here, check the box with the
Twitter icon, and then click "Share."
LinkUp
URL: http://linkup.com
Background: This is a job-search engine, not to be confused with LinkedIn.
General Description: This site pulls job
openings only from employers' websites
(24,378 at current count).
Usefulness to Job-Hunters: If you live in
areas covered by LinkUp, you may fnd
a job opening here.
Facebook
URL: www.facebook.com
Background: Hugely popular; more than
1.11 billion users worldwide.
General Description: The world's largest social media site (but you probably
already knew that).
Usefulness to Job-Hunters:
1 Facebooktolets you sign up on pages
devoted job-hunting and careers.
For example, www.facebook.com/
jobhunting.
that enables
2 Facebook has an appwho work at a
you to hunt for people
particular company or organization,
or who share a particular interest
of yours: www.facebook.com/proflesearch.
Facebook lets you sign up on
pages devoted to job-hunting
and careers.
Facebook
app that
3 you to see has an your friendsenables
where
work,
and helps you build a professional
network, plus discover job openings:
http://apps.facebook.com/careeramp.
has an
4 Facebooknetwork, app that enables
you to
fnd friends of
friends, and search millions of job
listings: http://branchout.com.
Twitter
URL: http://twitter.com
Background: A social networking and
micro-blogging site; 500 million users;
8% of Internet users are on Twitter.
General Description: Allows you to
send micro-messages using 140 characters or fewer.
Usefulness to Job-Hunters:
will
background.
1 Twitteryou are takeofa work, you can
When
out
convey your status in that background (tastefully, professionally).
For a tutorial on how to do this, go
to Social Media Examiner, found at
http://tinyurl.com/25apzgo.
take bio. Mention
2 Twitter willlookinga for, there. You
what you're
have 140 characters, so practice the
art of succinctness. Put a link to an
online resume in your bio.
take an
3 Twitter will looking.avatar. Make it
professional
4 Twitter has a "follow" option. Follow
anyone who is helpful to your jobhunt. If you don't have a clue, follow
Susan Joyce of job-hunt.org, Internet
expert Joel Cheesman of http://
cheesman.typepad.com, and/or Guy
Kawasaki (you can follow his top ten
per day from @guykawasaki10).
about your
5 Tweetyou've done job search. Make
sure
your homework
frst, and can state exactly what
kind of work you're looking for. Put
"Twitter hashtags for job seekers"
into your favorite search engine, and
see what turns up.
a link in some of your tweets
6 Putyour website, if you have one. If
to
you don't have one, and you are an
expert in some area of knowledge
or performance, start your own
website. See http://bravenet.com for
free help, or www.bluehost.com for
inexpensive hosting ($6 a month).
Establish yourself as an expert in
your feld on Twitter.
7 Sign up at www.twitjobsearch.com
to locate various job opportu-nities
around the world. Choose what they
call "channels" and then receive instant notifcation of jobs thereafter.
Also sign up at http://tweetmyjobs.
com.
Texting
URL: None. You choose a phone number on your contacts list, and then select
"Send text."
Background: Wildly popular way to
communicate.
General Description: Allows you to send
brief text messages between mobile
phone users (160 English characters or
fewer) using the Short Message Service
(SMS) or more ambitious messages
containing image, video, and sound
content (known as MMS messages).
For a tutorial on how to do this,
go to Social Media Examiner,
found at http://tinyurl.
com/25apzgo
Usefulness to Job-Hunters: For the infnite number of occasions where you
need instant help, texting is very useful.
For example, you're on your way to an
interview and you suddenly think of a
question you might be asked, that you
don't know how to answer. You can text
a more experienced friend and get the
answer before you even arrive at the
door of the employer. Moreover, it's
helpful to have that answer spelled out
on your mobile screen, as you go up
in the elevator (tall building??) so you
can practice.
Yelp
URL: https://yelp.com (https as opposed
to http in any site's URL means their
information is heavily encrypted [128
bit], which is considered unhackable).
Background: This website has more
than 100 million unique visitors per
month.
General Description: Community reviews
of various businesses.
Usefulness to Job-Hunters: If there is
a particular business or or-ganization
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