Get ready to take advantage of the Twitter Supercharger campaign, an exciting job search initiative by members of Career Directors International (CDI), a premier professional association for those of us in the careers industry.
You’ll find a running stream of job search related tweets under the hashtag #cdisst (tweets have been showing up in the hashtag stream for the past week or so), or go to the Twitter account of Laura DiCarlo, CDI’s Executive Director, @careerhero.
CDI has crowd-sourced content from members to “Supercharge Your Job Search”, on topics ranging from personal branding, targeting and working with executive recruiters, to best job networking and interviewing strategies, and so much more.
In short, sweet tweets, you’ll get “best of” free advice from leaders in the job search and careers industry. Tweets will be posted from May 23 through early November. All the tips will be compiled and published in a free ebook, which will be available in November.
How great is that!
Tweets will fall into one of the following 9 categories:
1. Job Search Focus
Includes career assessments (formal and informal), personal branding, informational interviews (for career focus), job shadowing, mentor relationships, internship, or volunteering.
Hashtags: #assessments, #infointerview, #mentoring, #personalbranding, #volunteer, #interning
2. Finding Jobs: Research of Targeted Organizations (Private, Non-profit, Government), Industries & Individuals
Includes informational interviews, direct to company websites, social search sites (e.g. LinkedIn, YouTube), online business directories, job boards, professional associations.
Hashtags: #jobboards, #companyresearch, #industryresearch, #infointerview, #socialsearch
3. Finding Jobs: Networking
The Who, Why, Where and How of networking including in-person, online, groups / clubs and associations, social networks, company research, interviewer/people research, relationship building strategies, personal branding, and online identity management.
Hashtags: #networking, #referrals, #jobleads, #personalbranding, #onlineid
4. Finding Jobs: Job Boards & Website Job Centers
Includes applying for jobs, identifying industry trends and opportunities, specific and niche job board suggestions, job board tools, mobile and social tools.
Hashtags: #nichejobboards, #industrytrends, #mobilejobsearch, #socialjobsearch, #jobsearch
5. Finding Jobs: Career Fairs
Includes identifying beneficial fairs to attend; using personal branding; applying appropriate presentation and wardrobe; leveraging unique, memorable, and successful ways to connect with employers; savvy follow up strategies.
Hashtags: #jobfairs, #personalbranding, #jobsearch, #companyresearch, #networking
6. Finding Jobs: Direct Sourcing by Recruiters & Employers
Includes capitalizing on reputation management and dealing with digital dirt; personal branding; using social search sites (e.g. LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, etc.), professional association websites, and other websites/tools; and various other offline methods.
Hashtags: #directsourcing, #recruiters, #reputationmgmt, #socialjobsearch, #digitaldirt
7. Finding Jobs: Temporary to Permanent Hiring
Includes how to select and work with agencies, and strategies to position yourself to standout and make the transition to permanent hire.
Hashtags: #temp2perm, #temphiring, #jobagencies, #employmentagencies
8. Finding Jobs: Print Advertising (Want Ads)
Includes creating documentation to stand out from the many applicants, understanding blind ads, understanding voicemail response systems, and identifying valuable ad resources such as newspapers and professional trade magazines.
Hashtags: #wantads, #jobads
9. Finding Jobs: Walk-Ins
Includes creating a plan of action which includes goals and logistics; personal branding and elevator speech development; personal presentation and wardrobe; unique, memorable, and successful ways to connect with employers; and savvy follow up strategies.
Hashtags: #jobsearch, #elevatorspeech, #personalbranding, #interviewattire, #ftfjobsearch. NOTE: Do not use #walkins as it is related to a completely different topic.
I’ll post some of my favorite tips here as they hit Twitter over the next several months. So stay tuned!
Related posts:
How Twitter Helped Me Build My Personal Brand
Twitter Turbocharges Executive Job Search and Personal Brand Visibility
