Twittering For A Job
A recent CNN news piece talked about how the retailer Best Buy is insisting that job applicants already have a minimum of 250 followers on Twitter. One job opening for a senior manager required at least “two years of mobile or social media marketing experience, a year of active blogging experience, a Bachelor’s degree and 250 Twitter followers.” That’s a lot of cyberspace activity, even in today’s world. But that goes to show that as the job market becomes more competitive, anything that can set a candidate apart can be helpful—for both the employer and the applicant.
Twitter, by the way, is among the fastest-growing Web sites on the entire Internet, and it’s only one of a handful of social networking sites that have a legitimate business purpose. Read the latest issue of The MHEDA Journal Online to learn more about other sites, including LinkedIn, wikiMHEDA, YouTube and more. Use of these sites can help greatly with networking and marketing, and best of all….they’re free!
Tags: material handling, pop culture, technology
