5 Ways to Use Twitter for Your Job Search

Twitter can be a great source of competitive intelligence during a job search. Here are five tips for using Twitter to source information related to your job search that can help you find key decision makers and accelerate your networking efforts.

• Follow the Twitter handles for the companies you are interested in working for. Retweet and favorite their tweets as appropriate to acknowledge the information they are sharing and get on their radar.

• Follow hashtags for career-related subjects to find people tweeting on topics that can help you in your search. Examples: #jobs, #employment

• Conduct Google searches for people tweeting about a company you are interested in by searching on Twitter.com: site:twitter.com and adding the company name.  Example –  Twitter.com: site:twitter.com GE

• Use tools such as Twellow to source and compare different Twitter accounts related to a target company and assess the size of their following and circle of influence.

• Use the advanced search feature on Twitter to create more specific searches on job-related topics. Example – Chicago marketing jobs