How to Use Twitter in Your Job Search - Jobscan Blog

How to Use Twitter in Your Job Search - Jobscan BlogPosted on May 2, 2019October 4, 2019 by Paige Doepke Using Twitter in your job search is probably not something youve considered before. LinkedIn, and even Facebook, which both have mora obvious job searching capabilities, may seem like the best social channels to put your energy, but dont write off Twitter just yet. Here are a few unique ways to use Twitter in your job search.Use the Unsaturated Market to Your AdvantageHiring managers are all over LinkedIn, but so are job seekers. One of the greatest advantages for a job seeker using Twitter is that the job search market is not oversaturated on this social channel.Use Twitter to build up your personal brand. Think of it like this you are the product being marketed. Your skills, experience, and points of view are your selling points. From there, follow a couple of your favorite companies or influencers in the space and look to Twitters suggestions for more people and companies to f ollow in the Who to follow section.JobsearchOn Twitter, you can play around with hashtags in the search bar to track down jobs. I found some good ones by using combinations of my city and various industries. For example, chicagojobs and chicagotechjob pulled up some cool job postings.Use the search bar at the top of the site to search by hashtag.Boolean SearchBut, you can go a step further than that. Twitter has a pretty advanced search operator and allows for boolean search. For example, you can type, marketing OR sales into the search window to generate Twitter posts with either or both of those exact phrases. Putting the phrase marketing job in parentheses means you want that exact phrase to be searched.Putting spaces between words like, Chicago marketing job abrollcontainer-transportsystem as an AND boolean search, pulling up twitter posts where each of those words is mentioned, but in any specific order.Search by UserWant to keep an eye on tweets coming from specific companies? Just use the search formula fromuser to pull up their tweets. For example, you can search fromkpmg to pull up the companys recent tweets. Get even more creative by searching for specific terms within a users tweets. Combine the search functions like, fromkpmg marketing to pull up tweets from the company that mention marketing.If Thats a Bit Too ComplicatedIf you need a little help with the search function, click the Advanced Search option in Search Filters.Twitters search filters simplify the search process.From there, you can simply enter in the terms you want to search into the appropriate boxes.Advanced search tool on Twitter.Get the Inside ScoopHeres why Twitter is ideal for company research the information hasnt been groomed the way it is on other channels. Theres no big About Us page or testimonials to pad their reputationjust tweets and comments by clients, customers or even employees. Take some time to sift through tweets both from and to the company, asking yourself, Is th is a distributions-mix Id be proud to be associated with?Follow companies that are of interest to you, even if they dont have job openings at the time. If a position does open up, just by making a habit of checking their pages often and utilizing the search functions above, youll be the first to see it.When youre eventually offered a job (and you will be), you still have a decision to make. Twitter is a great place to learn more about company culture and reputation.Now that you have another job search resource to use, make sure your resume is ready for the online application process by running it through Jobscan, below.Facebook Commentswpdevar_comment_2 span,wpdevar_comment_2 iframewidth100% important