One of the skills that makes recent college grads so attractive to employers is our knowledge of using social media, so it makes sense that employers would be using Twitter to find us. One company, MediaSource, Inc. was looking to hire a media relations specialist, so they only advertised the position on Twitter, LinkedIn, and two other niche job boards because they wanted to specifically target people who understand social media. With so many people out of work and searching job boards, employers are turning to Twitter because it produces a manageable number of job leads and eliminates an overwhelming pile of résumés. 
If you already have a Twitter account, you’ve eliminated that step, but if not, it’s easy to set up- just go to Twitter.com. After setting up an account, check out TweetMyJobs.com- it’s a website that brings recruiters, hiring managers and job seekers together on Twitter, and it’s been featured on NPR, ABC, CNN, the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. When you arrive on the site, scroll down and under “For the Job Seeker”, click on “Learn More”, then set up a free account- it’s very quick and easy. They’ll send you an email so you can activate your account, and then you can start searching for jobs- by title and location.
TweetMyJobs.com is different from a normal job board because it shows jobs that employers have “tweeted”—I just did a quick search for “content producer” and it was great because it gave me the link right to employers’ Twitters with the corresponding job tweet. Rather than searching for jobs on the traditional job boards like Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, or Indeed.com, TweetMyJobs.com may yield more relevant opportunities for our generation… check it out and see what you think!
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