How I found a Job Using Social Networks | David Gallant - The Diigo Meta page

• 24 Mar 09
  

  Paul Gillin
  • I previously thought Twitter was a waste of time, because it offered one of Facebook’s many services. I quickly became Twitter friends with many of Boston’s SEO/ Web 2.0 folk in order to follow new trends and discover new services. I saw a “retweet,” or re-post another tweeter about a job opening and I began to investigate.
  • My blog and Twitter account proved that my lifestyle was aligned similarly with that of the agency looking to hire me, and that I would provide skills that they were looking to acquire.
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  • • Be social. I often measure people in what they ‘bring to the table’
    • Connecting through Twitter also offers very easy access to upper level management and the proper people to communicate with when trying to forge a bond with a company.
    • It is also very easy to see who these same elite people are conversing with, and conversations can easily be hijacked to tailor to your own purposes.
    • It is 100% true that you will be searched before your interview, so a strong web presence is important
    • Upon contact with one potential employee, I was Googled and friended on LinkedIn within minutes of me sending him an email resume.
    • Looking back on mistakes I made, my largest waste of energy was with the job-find websites. They are flooded with applicants at the first stages of a job search really begin to create high hopes.

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