Tweeting your way to a new job?

When searching for a job there are numerous different avenues and resources available especially via the wonderful world wide web. Although did you know that Twitter is vastly becoming the most recent up-to date job search tool available. Twitter can be used to search for jobs being posted, manage connections with others, organise your job search process, monitor and research your job alerts and gain job search feeds.

Twitter was developed in March of 2006 as a means to keep people connected through rudimentary social networking features allowing messages to be accepted via sms, web, mobile web, instant message or third party API projects. If your not convinced then here are some very interesting facts:

• In Australia the annual growth rate for Twitter over the past year has hit 3,200%.
  
• As of May 2009, Twitter received more than 20 million unique monthly visitors (UMVs)surpassing many mainstream news sites such as The New York Times.

To assist you in your job search we have included a list of helpful links:

To search for jobs being posted visit:

Find tweets about jobs http://www.twitterjobsearch.com/
Search engine http://www.twittertroll.com/
Register for email alerts http://www.tweetscan.com/
Find jobs posted in the last 7 days http://www.twitterjobfinder.com/

Making new connections:

Find companies you would like to work for http://www.twittermind.com/
Identify leaders to connect with http://www.twellow.com/
Find other users with similar interests http://www.justtweetit.com/
Follow users with similar interests http://www.twollow.com/
Invite people to join you http://www.findpeople.com/
Find recruiters http://www.tweepsearch.com/

Staying organised:

Separate your contact with job listing feeds etc http://www.tweetdesk.com/
Create a schedule http://www.twuffer.com/
Organise your followers and friends http://www.tweepler.com/
Find jobs posted in the last 7 days http://www.twitterjobfinder.com/
Assist you if you have separate accounts http://www.splitweet.com/

Monitor job alerts:

Set up alerts http://www.tweetbeep.com/
Subscribe and get notification of new jobs http://www.teweetmyjobs.com/
Direct messages sent to your account http://www.twitterjobalerts.com/
Learn what’s going on inside companies http://www.connecttweet.com/

How to get your message out there:

Link your resume http://www.visualcv.com/
Simulcast your tweets to Facebook, LinkedIn etc http://www.hellotxt.com/

Direct line to job posts:

Latest featured jobs www.twitter.com/elance_jobs
Freelance jobs www.twitter.com/freelance_jobs
HR jobs www.twitter.com/HRCrossing
Teen jobs www.twitter.com/myfirstpaycheck
Twitter search engine www.twitter.com/twitjobsearch
Retail jobs www.twitter.com/newretailjobs
Job sites www.twitter.com/indeed