How to Find a Library Job on Twitter…03.13.09

From Mashable! today is a great post by Sarah Evans titled HOW TO: Find a Job on Twitter excerpted here:

“…•Make your Twitter presence “employer-friendly”

o Put your job pitch in your Twitter bio (which is 160 characters)
o Use a professional looking avatar
o Tweet about your job search

 

• Utilize your Twitter background. There’s lots of space you can use to promote yourself. Don’t know how to create a professional-looking Twitter background? Use this free template to design your own.

• Include a link to an online CV or resume in your bio. Use a tool like VisualCV. (For more information on building an online resume, see Dan Schawbel’s post HOW TO: Build the Ultimate Social Media Resume)

• Establish yourself as an expert in your field on Twitter. It’s important to note that you should notmisrepresent yourself. If you’re not a medical doctor, don’t play one on Twitter. As those on Twitter become interested in your content, when employers are looking at you, you’ll have more than just your resume to back up your knowledge and experience…

A reactive job search on Twitter probably isn’t the best way to find a job. There are many new Twitter tools and applications to assist with a proactive job search.

@Microjobs

Started by well-known PR professional, Brian Solis, @Microjobs was developed to bring together job seekers and recruiters through tweets.

How does it work?
Recruiters begin their tweets with @Microjobs, and then submit. The @Microjobs account automatically tweets out requests to its growing network of job seekers…

TweetMyJobs

Another tool born out of Twitter for job seekers and recruiters. Follow the hashtag #Tweetmyjobs and visit the website. This is a very simple (and free) tool for job seekers. You can subscribe to desired job channels and even have new openings automatically sent to your mobile phone. Even better? You can specify which cities you want notifications from…

Job search accounts

There are a variety of Twitter accounts dedicated to providing job listings by field, company, region, and more. Once you’ve decided which best match your job search, consider turning on mobile alerts for these accounts to be among the first to receive messages (if your mobile phone plan includes SMS messages)…

To find additional Twitter job resources, use the Twitter search function and type in keywords important in your job search. For example, “job openings,” “looking for a job,” or “healthcare career.” Additionally, you can search out others in your desired career field on sites like Twellow, Just tweet it, and TwitterTroll…”

 

Job Search: 10 Ning Networks to Help Librarians Land Their Next Job…03.04.09

There was a good post this week on Mashable! from Dan Schawbel titled 10 Ning Networks to Help You Land Your Next Job worth looking at carefully by librarians and others seriously looking for work.  Here are some excerpts:

“…After recently profiling the top 10 social sites for finding a job, we’ve decided to share 10 great job seeker destinations on Ning, a platform that allows anyone to easily create their own social network. You can join as many networks as you’d like or take the leap to create your own for people in your area who are searching for jobs or are happily employed.

1. Recruiter Earth has over 9,000 members and one of the sleekest designs of any Ning network for job seekers.  It’s also organized in such a way that everything is easy to find and you become very comfortable using it after just a few times engaging on the site…

2. Jober Talk has over 1,000 professionals who are actively talking about job openings and are there for professional networking…

3. Secrets of the Job Hunt is headed by longtime recruiting pioneer Chris Russell.  Nearing 700 active members, this Ning network has its own library of free guides for job seekers, even one for college students looking for internships…

4. New Media Hire is a network for people interested in all things new media, like blogging, podcasting and social networks…

5. Jobs in Social Media was created by Jim Durbin, who is widely recognized as being the “social media headhunter” guy.  The site is populated with a lot of his blog content, as well as a SimplyHired widget, that features social media jobs…

6. Keith Ferrazzi’s Greenlight Community is led by, you guessed it, Keith Ferrazzi. Keith is globally recognized and respected for his bestselling networking book called Never Eat Alone. The main benefit you get from joining this community is that you get to connect with Keith’s network, which spans the globe…

7. Open Networkers has over 5,000 members who are actively (and professionally) networking.  The big differentiator with this community is the sheer amount of tools you have, such as their own toolbar, a website creator, gadgets and widgets, and a collection of RSS feeds in the site you can subscribe to…

8. Expertise for Hire is a networking forum for consultants, entrepreneurs, job seekers and recruiters…

9. Jux.ta.pose has over 1,000 active members and its very own job board.  Like all the other networks, you can have a blog, join a discussion, group or event…

10. Smart Tech People is a community for the tech-minded.  Recruiters are able to post jobs for free in this community and job seekers have various options, such as a resume service and job seeker tools, including the ability to ask a career adviser questions and a recruiter locator…”

 

If you’re reading this, you may be interested in 100+ Job Resources for Librarians from the College@Home blog AND Resume Resources for Librarians.