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Job Search Tips – How to Use Twitter Lists to Find a Job

Job Search

What started out as the new shiny e-toy is slowly going the way of the quickly forgotten fad. Twitter lists were and are an incredible tool and were hugely accepted when they were unveiled. However, most people, after setting up a few lists, moved on to another shiny toy without giving it much thought. But Twitter lists are still an ideal way to better organize followers into people of interest, sports related, city related, geography related and even a category for your career search.

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Job Search Tips – How To Land A New Job Through Social Networking

Job Search

A guide to tracking down useful contacts and utilizing them to expand your network and ultimately land you a job

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Twitter Success Stories: How Hans Mestrum Got a Job via Twitter

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To continue with our series on people getting jobs via social media, I give you Hans Mestrum. Below are a few questions I asked him to get a more in-depth look into how social media landed him a job. To make this story even sweeter, I come across him on Twitter. What is your background,

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Use Online Reputation Management to Make Your Online Reputation Hirable

Online reputation management

Q: What gets thousands of people fired every year and prevents people from getting jobs they want? A: Inappropriate content online. To make sure your web presence is helping, not hurting you, check out James DeVile’s recent article at TechRadar: Make an Online Profile to Get You Hired not Fired (how to promote your skills

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Personal Brand Assessment: What To Consider Before Creating Your Personal Brand

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I stumbled across a debate going on about personal branding, started by Geoff Livingston of The Buzz Bin a few days ago with his blog post I Don’t Care About Your Personal Brand. While I disagree with him overall, he does bring up some valid points that I will address later. In response to it though, another post was written to defend personal branding by Mitch Joel over at Twist Image rightly named Why You Need To Care More About Your Personal Brand. I encourage everyone to read both posts, the comments and decided for yourself. There is no right or wrong answer, just a matter of opinion.

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