How to Hunt for a Job Using Social Media

Securing a job is the tough part, but scouting an open position? All it takes is a strategic scroll through your favorite social media accounts.

Sites like Twitter and Facebook can be fun and frivolous, but they’re also viable business opportunities. Plumbing through accounts, hashtags and personal pages could help launch next potential career.

Want to find a writing opportunity in a town near you? Just look up a hashtag on Twitter. Want to stay up to date with a company’s career openings? “Like” them on Facebook. Want to create a beautiful resume that’ll catch a recruiter’s or hiring manager’s eye? Head over to Pinterest.

Here’s how to land your perfect job via social media.

1. Twitter

In 140 characters or less, Twitter can help you find your dream gig. It’s teeming with job applications and professional networking pages, if you know where to find them.

a. Searches: Use that search bar to look for terms that apply to the job you want. For best results, type in words like “jobs,” “hiring” and other specifics that apply to your desired field and location; for example, “writer” and “New York City.”

b. Hashtags: Typing #jobs and #hiring will result in a plethora of tweets from those seeking employees. Employers who want to cast a wide net will often tweet out job applications, with accompanying hashtags.

c. Tweet often: Though it depends on your career of choice, tweeting is a great way to network with like-minded folks in your profession. Follow businesses and people you’re interested in and don’t be afraid to send them the occasional tweet. (On that note, make sure your Twitter account is polished and professional).

d. Follow away: There are dozens and dozens of Twitter accounts dedicated to posting job applications. Go to the search bar and type in “jobs,” then click “People” on the left-hand side. You’ll soon see all the Twitter accounts with “jobs” in the username and can gleefully press the “Follow” button.

2. Facebook

Facebook is an undeniable social media juggernaut. According to its representatives, these are the top tips for trying to get a job through Facebook:

a. “Like” some pages: Most companies strive for dynamic social media presences, and Facebook Pages are engagement 101. By “Liking” them, you can get daily updates about their activity. Plus, they will likely post links to available job applications.

b. Private/Public: Take a thorough look at your privacy settings on Facebook, and make sure you know exactly how others view your Timeline. However, you should consider setting your work and education info public, enabling others to see your professional history.

c. Stay updated: Make sure all of your work and education info is up to date and reflects your current position and past experience.

d. Add “Professional Skills:” A few months ago, Facebook added a “Professional Skills” portion to the “About” section. Underneath work and education, add skills you’ve acquired, optimizing your professional appeal.

3. LinkedIn

Perhaps the most obvious of job hunting sites, LinkedIn is the network of choice for professionals.

a. Connect: Unlike Facebook, it’s a little less creepy to connect with strangers on LinkedIn, because everyone there is looking for networking opportunities. Connect to people who have careers you’re interested in, and search around for those who might only be one degree away from you. For inspiration, check out the member stories portion of LinkedIn’s blog, where users share their success anecdotes about networking through the site.

b. Jobs Board: Not only does the site provide you with advice and connections, but it also has a jobs board highlighting available opportunities in nearly every field.

c. Endorsements and recommendations: There’s a portion of your profile dedicated to glowing recommendations and endorsements from your peers. Try to get as many as you can, and your page’s likability will instantly boost.

d. Share more: According to LinkedIn’s Career Expert, Nicole Williams, sharing articles or content with your network boosts your chances 10 times for getting contacted by a recruiter. When you share content, it proves your knowledge in the industry.

e. List all the things: Your profile is 12 times more likely to be viewed by a hiring manager if you have a detailed list of work experience, Williams says. The more robust your profile is, the more experienced and hirable you look.

4. Tumblr

You can use Tumblr, that vast Internet playground of GIFs and rabid fandoms, for help in the job search.

a. Search tags: In the search bar, look for tagged terms like “hiring” and “jobs.” It’s a bit harder to separate the wheat from the chaff in the tag-happy blogging community, but you’ll still be able to find plenty of cool companies advertising open jobs via Tumblr.

b. Start Tumbling: This is especially important if you’re the creative type. A Tumblr account attuned to your interests, and full of your own original content, automatically ups your unique appeal to employers. In addition, a good Tumblr following can lead to job offers from employers who happened to stumble upon your site.

5. Pinterest

Yes, Pinterest is more than just a pretty place to find wedding inspiration and delicious recipes.

a. Pin your résumé: Tired of the standard, one-sheet format? Use a Pinterest board to “pin” your résumé. You can highlight certain aspects of your experience and add photos and links. See Rachael G. King, a social media manager at Sidecar who created a “living résumé.”

b. Follow these pages: For a never-ending well of job tips and opportunities, follow these seven helpful Pinterest boards.

TBS 5th Annual Day Celebration – A walk-through

It all started with a set of big ideas on everyone’s mind. A team was setup to discuss on the activities and arrangements for the celebration. The team members were Kalpana, Diviya, Sharmi, Balaji.

The initial discussion was done few weeks before, but the approval from management was received just 4 days before. We had a very short time to carry out the discussions on arrangements as we were done with our Company outing just a few days before. The team request was

• Sweet distribution
• Cultural activities
  • Singing/dancing/skit/mimicry/miming
  • Games
• Full day celebration
• Awarding
• Decorations
  • Photo hanging
  • Logo based gift
  • Decoration craft
    • Individual own décor items
• Cake cutting
• Theme based dress code (5th year – Wood based could be brown shades)

And the approval was Now we don’t want to give T-Shirt and also we have very very short time

• Morning Pooja with directors + all our team.
• Sweet Distribution
• Decoration and Cultural
• Award Giving
• Lunch.

DAY: 02.12.2013 – The Anniversary Day Eve

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It was our tea break in the evening and we requested all our team members to accompany in the decoration task. It started by 4.30 PM in the evening.

Few started pumping the balloons, nearly 250 nos.
Few started sticking papers to make thoranam
While others drawing the number 5 to hangout showing the completion of 5 successful years, few others were slicing the pictures of individuals of the team to show off everyone that they are the backbone of this growth.
Few tied them on the wall. Few tied flowersIt was raining and hot bread bajji were served to enthu the team. The team was working out crossing 9.00 PM and this is how the decorations came out.

DAY: 03.12.2013 – The Anniversary Day

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The day started with high level of curiosity. Morning pooja preparations were started. Decorated lamps, flower garlands for company name board, door entrance, rangoli with flowers. The ambience was filled with colorful paper decorations and flower decorations

All the directors of the company were assembled. All the staffs of MT and IT were assembled to attend the pooja. Prasadam was served to all
All Praise To GOD. Let his blessings shower on ALL
Following a good start pooja, the cake cutting event began. 3KG of white forest cake was bought up and the cake table was accompanied with chewy marshmallows and fresh fruits. All the staffs were assembled and the 2 juniors sliced the cake accompanied by directors
Following the cake distribution, the entire team was enjoying the time. Anthakshari was played among the members with full fun. Next came out the honoring portion. Our chief guest Mr. Chidambaram was honored by a small gift, a T-shirt printed with TBS logo. And four developers were awarded as the best programmer of the month. Followed by the award give away, each one is called out to share their feelings on the special day.
Everyone expressed their feelings and thoughts on working with TBS, few expressed their suggestions to celebrate the annual day by inviting their own family, many thanked the company for the opportunity given and few made it fun also. After a gallery of words, tasty vegetarian lunch was served to all. The lunch was covered with a full meals of rice, sambar, kozhumbu, rasam, more, porial, kootu, appalam, vadai, payasam and pickle. The complete meals was served in a traditional manner on banana leafs.
After a full meal, the team members prepared for the cultural events. It started with a small contest conducted by Kalaiarasan. The contest started with general knowledge questionnaires, answering them with water in mouth, eating biscuits as much as possible in 1 minute, find and arrange of spelling of question. The contest has eliminations too. The Final winner was Arun and the runner was Chid.
Followed by the dance, it was musical chair contest done with 2 groups. And the winner was Vijaya Sundar and runner was Kalpana. Followed by that we played the fun game of finding donkey tail. Next was a matchstick lighting contest, whoever lights maximum no. of sticks in given time wins the game. And the winner was Michael.
Next few members sang film songs. Appreciate the effort of boys who were prepared with BGM and Arun who sang in other language.
Followed by a masti dance, prize were given away for the winners by the runners
The annual day celebration ended up happily with a solid hope to continue to celebrate with more members and achievements in the forthcoming years.

The beautiful gifts made by Velmurugan and Kalaiarasan which decorates our office added more beauty