14 Apr 10 Best-Kept Secret Twitter Tips for Job Search (Part 6)
This is the last post on networking aspect of twitter job search. Here I will tell you how you can get more out of your networking effort, and how you will be in the good books of highly networked individuals on twitter, so without wasting another moment let’s get started.
Engage yourself
Increase the frequency of your tweets to remain in the eyes of fellow tweeters — out of sight, out of mind phenomenon works more here. Tweet often and tweet regularly, but do not ever cross the thin red line crossing which raises the red flag.
Spread your net
Keep on finding people to tweet to. Do not just tweet to people in your follower’s, find people to add to your list, but, do not start mass following. By doing so, you will be call in spammers who do not listen on twitters. All they know is clutter the twitter time line.
Join the conversation
Tweeting your content is good, but joining the conversation is even better. Read what others are saying, join the conversation, comment on the discussion, be part of it, spread the word, send DM (direct message), and get known. This will help you form a lasting relationship with fellow tweeters. People like you most when you talk about the stuffs they care — in this case, the stuffs they share.
Spread the news
Talking about yourself on and on may make you sound braggart, and talking about what others have to say make you sound influential. See what others are talking about and be the first to tweet about it. This will bring you on the forefront of your industry, and the leaders cannot help but look at you, and recognize you.
Get personal with @
Use @ followed by twitter’s account name to share stuffs with people you want to network with on twitter. This will get their attention. Send out only meaningful tweets using @, and do it sparingly. Overdoing will raise the barrier.
As you can see, finding a job on twitter is not like finding a job on job-search portals. It is about engagement here. You have to engage people first and then ask for a job. This may look like too much work, but it is not. And on top of it, it is highly rewarding. By engaging your prospects in talk, you have crossed half the distance, as talking to them let them know about you. If they like what they see, they will hire you.
Tags: Fellow, Finding A Job, Finding People, Follower, Forefront, Good Books, Job Portals, Job Search, Networked, Networking Effort, Out Of Sight, Phenomenon, Red Flag, Search Portals, Spammers, Stuffs, Thin Red Line, Time Line, Tweets, Twitter
27 Jan 10 A Job-Search Guide to Help People Over 45 – I
If you are young then finding a job is difficult only when the economy is down and the companies has stopped hiring new people, but as soon as you cross the 40 mark, getting a job in even a bullish economy with lots of companies hiring starts becoming difficult.
What with the age?
Well, it has less to do with the age, and more to do with the newness in technology and failure of mid-aged individuals to deal with them. As it often happens, people in their mid-to-late forties tend to become slow on learning.
Another thing that keeps people in mid-to-late forties away from job is the salary they seek. I am not saying that you should not be compensated fairly, or at least you should get the sum you need to pay your bills and put some amount in savings.
But, this is not how people running businesses think. They are less inclined towards humanitarian goals, and more towards raking moola and increasing profit. Young people, despite their inexperience, are considered more apt for this goal as teaching new tricks to new horse is comparatively easy and so is taming them.
Then how to get a job in 40s?
This is the question that keeps people in 40s and jobless awake at nights. These are the people who have family to support, and maybe kids to send to university. Unemployment in such time is very difficult to deal with.
But, fortunately there is a way out and in this series I will tell you what to do to get hired. The advices shared will be workable. Do not treat this series as a read-and-forget series. Work on the suggestions shared. If I were you, I would have subscribed to the RSS feed. Do it now and stay up-to-date with the series.
Tags: 40s, Advices, Economy, Failure, Finding A Job, Forties, Getting A Job, How To Get A Job, Humanitarian Goals, Inexperience, Job Guide, Job Help, Job Salary, Job Search, Moola, Newness, People Running, Search People, Unemployment, Young People
11 Dec 09 Manage Being Underemployed
Practically everyone with a job in these tumultuous economic times realizes that they are lucky. Finding a job is incredibly difficult, so already having one you’re well ahead of the curve. The problem then comes when you find yourself underemployed. When you feel you could be making more money, or should have better opportunities, but they just haven’t arisen. How do you deal with being underemployed?
Well, realize that most people who feel underemployed are generally dissatisfied with their jobs. Usually this stems from either a salary that is below your standards, the lack of opportunities to express your skills, or just not enough work for you to complete. In any situation you can find yourself feeling unhappy at the workplace. Which is exactly why you should take this opportunity to resolve that situation.
Try making yourself more of an asset to the company. If you find yourself not getting enough work, try asking for more. If you’re not happy with your salary, make yourself stand out so that the company has no choice but to recognize you for your accomplishments. Try asking your boss for more assignments, or ways that you can help out by taking on workload from other sources. Gives you something to do, and helps you become more of an asset.
If you’re unhappy with the position in general, you can use the extra time to network. Hit the break room, or the cafeteria and make friends with the people around you from other departments, or other companies. Find out what opportunities are around you that you didn’t know about. You could end up finding the job of your dreams, you just have to put in the effort to search. If the company you’re at now isn’t meeting your standards, networking can help you find a new opportunity that will. Anything is better than staying underemployed and unhappy.
Tags: Boss, Break Room, Cafeteria, Curve, Dreams, Economic Times, Extra Time, Finding A Job, Jobs, Money, Networking, People, Salary, Stems, Workload
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