How many of you knew what Twitter was in 2007? 2008? I would guess not many.  Clearly, over the past year alone, the service has grown exponentially, is becoming a branding platform for businesses small and large alike, and will continue to change the way we communicate to one another.  So what does this have to do with employment. It sounds like more and more recruiters, employers and job seekers are using the service to find one another.

Jobs and employment are becoming one of the latest trends on Twitter.  In fact, Joe Turner of The Ladders writes: “You can’t deny it. Job seekers and recruiters have a love affair with Twitter.”

Jane over at the Let’s Talk Turkey Blog has written a great piece on why you should consider Twitter as a means for finding your next job. the Let’s Talk Turkey blog is a blog dedicated to from the point of view of a professional recruiter.  A few excerpts:

“Joe also goes on to say that recruiters use Twitter — not only to post jobs — but to search through resumes.  Therefore, you, as the job seeker, should be promoting your resume on Twitter. He goes on to say, “Recruiters constantly use hashtags to locate potential candidates by searching words like ‘resume,’ certain skill sets, locations and so forth.  …you’ll want to incorporate hastags on your Twitter resume so you’ll be found when recruiters perform their searches.”

So how do you actually get your resume on Twitter with 140 characters? Well, you don’t. You link to it, according to Jane:

“Thankfully, Joe does a bang-up job explaining all of this.  I’ll paraphrase and you can read his article for additional info.  Basically, he says your Twitter job search post should have a link to your resume (using TinyURL or another short-link application) and should include key words, or hashtags (preceded by the # sign) that will attract recruiters.  He then goes on to say that your tweet should mention your desired job title and geographic location. “RT,” which means re-tweet,  should start off the entire posting as it will encourage your “followers” to forward your information on.”

Resources:

• Check out the post on Let’s Talk Turkey here
• Check out the original post by Joe from The Ladders here