Can You Use Twitter for Your Job Search - CareerEnlightenment.com

So, what are your suggestions for what you should post on twitter?When you are first getting started, it’s easiest to retweet what other people have to say.   Once you get a sense of what others are saying, it will become easy to find material of your own. I suggest that you start off with these:A quote you heard or read from someone famous recentlyAn open ended question about a topic you’ve been thinking aboutAn experience you had that was noteworthy or somehow related to your future jobSomething that made you happySomething that made you sadIf you want a perspective employer to see you on twitter, do you tag their site in your tweets?Many companies monitor their brand using Twitter. They want to know what people are saying about their products or services. Even authors are monitoring Twitter for reviews which they can quote from. Often times, when you mention a company by name, you’ll get a response.I recently purchased by multi-vitamin on an online herb store. I Tweeted abou t my shopping experience and what a great price I got. That store wrote me back personally to thank me for my business.Job seekers can take advantage of this “back-door” approach. Just remember that you don’t really know who is on the other side of that Tweet.