Twitter Tips to find your dream job

Bangalore: Social media has become one of the most useful platforms for recruiters to hire the best talents in the job market. According to a new industry survey, nearly 90 percent of companies are planning to use social networks to find job candidates, a sharp increase from 83 percent a year ago. Similarly, many other studies have highlighted the importance of social media and of maintaining an active profile on sites like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. The new trend also cautions the youngsters that what they say and do on those sites can impact their career. The study conducted by Jobvite, a company that helps companies find job candidates using social networks, reveals that two thirds of employers have successfully filled a job using social networking. The survey has revealed that twitter has largely helped the employers to find the potential talents. Here are some tips that will help you to find a job you should use to maintain your twitter account

1. Have a professional bio

Twitter is a great resource for job seekers, hence, its very important that you create a professional bio that can attract the recruiters. It's said that a good bio can get you up to eight times more followers. Consistency is the key in personal branding, therefore, you should maintain the same bio that you have share on other websites and social media. Yes, it's true that the space constraints do not allow you to follow the thumb rule on Twitter, so you have to be more concise when you construct your Twitter bio. Your bio should be based on your personal branding describing who you are and what's your unique offer is. You need to make the full use of the tiny space on Twitter by getting to the point straight away. Do remember to list your specialties and include the relevant keywords so that you will appear in search results.

2. Connect with the right people

Identify the people related to your target areas such as recruiters, HR heads, and current employees etc. Spend enough time to research the companies that you want t
o be associated with and the people currently working there and be connected with them. Be smart to connect to the potentially useful contacts by replaying their tweets, by comments and by following tweeted links to their blog posts etc. Use the Twitter applications and directories that can help you filtering out people by particular fields such as Twellow.

3. Tweet like a professional

You are what you tweet - so be mindful of your tweets and comments if you are here to impress the hiring managers. Your online persona should represent you as a profes
sional individual who has unique and valuable thoughts to contribute. You can easily create such an impression by sharing industry related links that are helpful to your followers and by commenting on the latest industry news. When you sent across a message that you are keeping up with the industry trends, you will have employers knocking on your doors.

4. Use Twitter Hashtags

5. Build a professional network

A network of professionals can be a real wealth because it will act as the best platform for learning. Keeping in touch with professionals of
your area of interest will enable you to discuss and learn about the latest popular trends in the market. It will also help you know the job market, the trends, and new opportunities. You gain more exposure through such talks and discussions and can find more ways to link with many extraordinary resources.
Twitter Hashtags can greatly help you to get your dream job. There are many ways to use Hashtags like job listing which helps find general job advice and lots
of other listings through hashtags like #recruiting, #jobs, #jobadvice, #jobhunt, #jobsearch, and #jobposting. Most of the industry conferences now have their own hashtags, so be active with attendees using the hashtag; this will increase your chances of getting hired. Also get involved with industry related chats which is the best way to show the headhunters that you are a knowledgeable person.