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Twitter a Tool for the Industrious Unemployed

by Caleb Johnson on January 27, 2010 at 08:25 AM

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With the job market more competitive than it has been in years, people must get creative, whether hiring or searching for a position. We all know that Twitter can be used for nefarious means, but, as it turns out, the social networking site has emerged as a useful tool for employers and job candidates, alike.

Thanks in part to job search engines like TwitJobSearch, more and more people are finding gainful employment, 140 characters at a time. According to The New York Times, 340,000 jobs have been listed on Twitter in the last month alone. At one time, it might have been difficult to scour the Twitterverse for positions, but TwitJobSearch and TweetDeck have released a new application called JobDeck that does the work for you. The app scans tweets for employment-related keywords, lets users search for job openings, and compiles updates and listings from human resource professionals and places like LinkedIn.

William Fischer, co-founder of TwitJobSearch developer WorkDigital, says that, simply put, it's "cheaper, faster and easier" to hire people using Twitter than it is using traditional means. In fact, Twitter can make your life better in many ways. Well, just as long as you don't follow Bill Gates. He's a bit of a Twitter snob. [From: The New York Times]

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