Use Twitter to Get a Job: 4 Steps

When it comes to social networks and job-hunting, Twitter trumps Facebook, according to Dan Schawbel, author of Me 2.0, Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success. “Twitter is the best place because it’s public networking,” says Schawbel. Facebook, meanwhile, is just too personal a space to approach someone you don’t know and with whom you share no friends. “I’d never say to send resumes to hiring managers on Facebook…It’s like infringing on people,” he says.

The second edition of Schawbel’s book comes out in October. It has an extra 60 pages, including a chapter on how to use social networks to land a job.  After another round of disappointing unemployment data Friday morning, I… Continue reading →