twitter job search

Using Twitter to

Job Search Laura Ledgerwood

Social Media Coordinator & Career Consultant

@UGACareerCenter @LedgerwoodL

www.ledgerwood.wordpress.com

HR Reality Check

HR You

You’ve got to stand out!!!

HR Reality Check

People will Google whether you like it or not…and social media pops up first!

Why should students use it to job search?

• Employers are using it

• Many have phone notifications

• GREAT way to create connections

• Networking is the #1 way people find jobs

Other people aren’t using it to job search

LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter Posts

It’s the same concept, but how you post

on each site is different.

5 Steps in the Twitter Job Search

1. Create a professional bio

2. Identify industry leaders/ job leads

3. Searching for relevant information

4. Organize information

5. Maintain conversation

Create Your Twitter Profile

Education

Objective

Industry

Skills

Interests

Good and Bad Student Profiles

Sample Employer Profiles

Sample Employer Profiles

Web View Smart Phone View

Identifying Users

• Twellow

• Listorious

• Wefollow

• Google + company name

Finding Information on Twitter

Organizing Information on Twitter

• Create targeted

lists

• Follow someone

else’s lists

• “Favorite”

Tweets

• Consider who

you follow

Ways to Create Conversation

Reply @[username] tweet content – doesn’t show in followers’ feeds

Mention Words before @[username]! – shows in followers’ feeds and in the

person’s “@ Connect” page

Retweet- 2 types: RT & internal Retweet

Sample Communication

Google people in the organization and ask

questions

Retweet posts to get their

attention

Be the expert you wish to see

in the world

General Tips

Do Don’t

• Compliment

• Promote their content

• Share industry/expert

information

• Show some personality…in

moderation

• See who other people are

following

• Forget anyone can see your

mentions (how you respond to

others)

• Be overly negative

• Be a robot

• Ask for too much too quickly

• Start without a plan

Twitter Etiquette

• Follow any account as long as it isn’t private

• Don’t forget everyone can read your tweets

if they aren’t private

• “Retweet” if you found information from

someone else

• Don’t over tweet

Potential Pitfalls of Twitter

• Sharing too much information

Politics

Controversial posts

Religion

• Demonstrating poor communication skills

• Wasting time

• Not developing real connections

• Lack of consistency

Final Thoughts

• Be bold; don’t be afraid of rejection

• Set aside time each week for you to maintain

your networks

• Listening can be even more

valuable than participating

• You can really stand out by doing something

different