5 Job Search Donts for Twitter - Sterling Career Concepts

5 Job Search Donts for Twitter 5 Job Search Donts for Twitter The Twitter Job Search Guide: Find a Job and Advance Your Career in Just 15 Minutes a Day by Susan Britton Whitcomb, Chandlee Bryan, and Deb Dib (JIST, 2010) is hitting bookstores this month. If youreventuring out into the Twitterverse as part ofyour job search efforts, I recommend you heed the authors advice in the following 5 areas: Dont be a downer. Avoid focusing solely on your job search, appearing needy, over-sharing personal information and problems, whining about frustrations, or boss bashing. These are not appealing to potential employers. Dont forget your 15-minute-a-day plan (as outlined in the book). Dont let feeling overwhelmed stop you from starting, and once youre in, dont get sucked in or lost in the stream. Dont expect Twitter to work (in this case, land you a job) in1 day or even 1 week or 1 month. Relationships take time. Be strategic; allow serendipity. Dont forget to ask! Two great examples: Know of great companies in Philly for project managers? Whats the best advice on the dreaded weakness interview question? Dont forget to follow recruiters. Engage in conversation and share information with them. Search #splits and send them candidates. Theyll love you! In exchange, be worthy of following. Engage in interesting conversation and generously offer help, information, job postings, inside leads, lessons learned, shout-outs, retweets, questions, Follow Friday lists, and more.Its also smart to shoot for a 75/25% ratio of professional to personal tweets. Interviewers will review your stream. People get hired for who they are, not just what they do. Remember that your digital footprint is an extension of your resume. If youre intrigued and want to read more, I recommend picking up a copy of The Twitter Job Search Guide. It promises to be a great resource packed withTwitter-specific job search advice frommore than 100 contributingauthors, recruiters, successful job seekers, and career management experts(myself included). Now, go off and tweet. Or. may the tweet be with you!Okay, okay, corny, I know. Im sorry! Couldnt help it.