Social Sites to Help with your Job Search: Twitter

Twitter is another social site that can be helpful when job searching. With the wonders of modern technology, those who list job openings can automatically post each job to twitter as they are listed, giving you the heads up that something has become available within the category that you are searching. In addition, job posts are a popular retweet-meaning that people often pass on information about jobs posted to their own followers.

If you don’t have a Twitter account yet, go to Twitter and sign up using your email. Once you activate your account, log in with your information. You will already be following people as Twitter has this set up automatically, and if you want to you can easily unfollow them by clicking on their name and then using the option to unfollow under the sunshine. Click on “profile” to see the page that other people see when clicking on your username.

To change your background, choose “settings” and then “design”. Twitter provides several optional backgrounds, or you can upload a photo for your background. You can also change the colors of font for your links and your sidebar colors. Experiment until you find options that you like and then click on “home” to see the results.

We do recommend that you both upload a small picture (60 pix) for your avatar and that you also include a one-line bio. To do this, go to “settings” and then choose “profile”. If you have a website, list that there as well.

Now you are on Twitter and it’s a great time to search job listings and also develop relationships with people who can recommend you for job positions. To start this, use the “find people” tab at the top of your page. Search for the words in your specialty and follow those people who might be a resource in your job search. You also have the ability to create a list if you want to place different accounts in various categories. Also follow our list of 176 (and growing) health organizations/recruiters that regularly post jobs and check it on a regular basis.

Here are some accounts of ours to follow for job listings: