Over the last few weeks I noticed a few articles about the web and papers about new and different ways of finding a job, I suppose thinking outside the box a bit and supplementing the traditional methods like online and newspapers with other things such as LinkedIn.
As you no doubt know from the developments on the site over the last 12 months we are big advocators of web 2.0 and of making life easier for our candidates by giving you ways to search for jobs outside of RecruitIreland.com, for example you can search for jobs from your Facebook profile.
Another thing we have become involved with (addicted to) over the last few months is Twitter, I explained a while back what it was all about but earlier I got to thinking how you could use Twitter to source a new job or help you find career advice. First off there are lots of great sources of advice on Twitter, we regularly offer tips and there are other users such as @krishnade and @CV_cafe who also regularly offer tips and will also give advice if you ask it of them.
Secondly it's a great way of keeping in touch with what's happening in the world news wise with @breakingnews and many others.
Thirdly you can connect with other job seekers and create a bit of a community feel to your jobhunt, interact with other candidates who are in the same boat and learn from one another. You can also connect with industry leaders, professionals in your industry and recruiters and in some cases you can connect directly with companies.
All in all, it's an excellent source of information, it's another tool to source jobs or contacts and it's a great way to touch base with people and build relationships. And it's fun - did you know lots of famous people are on Twitter these days including @Stephenfry and @wossy (Jonathan Ross)?
I have noticed while researching this that some jobsites have a direct feed of jobs pouring into Twitter, we didn't want to go down this route with our account because I think it's quite impersonal but on the other hand maybe it's something that would be of value to you the jobseeker, pop a comment below and let me know what you think?
