Today's Tip: Twitter!

What could be easier than logging in to your job search Twitter account to find tweets of job postings, and clicking on a link to apply?

As with your job search e-mail account, you want to create a new Twitter account that is separate from your personal one. This makes your employment tweet review time more efficient, as well as less distracting.

Step 1:  Create a new Twitter account with a professional job search name (eg. JSmithJobSearch)


Step 2:  While logged into your Twitter account, visit your favourite recruitment web sites to see if they have an option for candidates to follow them on Twitter.  Or you can search through the Twitter database for employment recruiters in your area to follow.

Step 3: Log in to your Twitter account on a regular basis to see which postings have been tweeted.

Happy job tweeting!

Today's Tip: A Job Search E-mail Account

There are many free, reliable web mail services available (such as Gmail, which I use for this blog:  bcjobblog@gmail.com).

For your job search, why not create a separate e-mail account specifically for receiving job alerts and communicating with prospective employers? You can choose a professional name, rather than something fun that you might use for a personal account. New e-mail accounts usually stay spam-free for awhile, and if you don't give out this account name to friends and family, it won't be inundated with jokes and forwards, making your daily task of correspondence review much easier.

Happy job hunting!