So you’re making the most of your social network, sending out resumes, going to job fairs, and cold calling businesses. But some day’s it feels like the well of leads is dried up in the never-ending search for work. Well we came up with a list of ways for you to look for job leads, that you might not have realized.
Ok so we all know how great Twitter is for networking and meeting people and connecting with likeminded folks in your chosen profession. But there s another set of reasons why twitter is a great job search tool, the apps! Twitter
Has got a number of apps that can help you fins a job based on a number of key factors.
- TwitterJobCast–You can use this local job search to find companies that are hiring via Twitter. You can browse for jobs by city, state or zip code.
- TwitterJobSearch – This is a search engine that searches for jobs posted on Twitter. A lot of tech jobs, but by using the search function you can look for jobs in your field and in the city of your choice.
- TweetMyJobs – TweetMyJobs uses Twitter Channels to connect recruiters, hiring managers and job seekers together on Twitter. There are channels for most major cities and industries. All you have to do it create an account on Twitter and TweetMyJobs, subscribe to the Job Channels you want then have any new openings automatically sent to your cell phone as a text message.
Your Phone
That’s right, your phone. Your iPhone can be more than just a way to kill time; you can actually use it as a convenient job search tool. Here are just three of the many apps created for the iPhone to help you with the job hunt.
- Job Compass – Job compass use iPhone’s location to help you search for jobs by radius. You can look as close to your home or as far as you’d like. This app is free.
- Now Hiring - This app allows you to search for jobs by every way possible. Miles, date, relevance, full/part-time, contract, internship or temporary plus search by city, state, province, zip code, or postcode. This is app is constantly updated so it’s always got the hottest leads. A mere 99 cents is all this costs.
- Job Finder - Job finder rocks because it saves you through the time and trouble of searching the many job sites out sites because it aggregates jobs from those top sites.
Craigslist & LinkedIn
- Craigslist is probably the best sources for localized jobs right now. The beauty is you can search by field, location, and temporary or part-time, telecommute, etc. OR uses any key words that might help you narrow down your search. Plus you can incorporate your Craigslist job search with both twitter and your iPhone. You can find your local area craigslist site on twitter and follow the jobs section pus download the Craigslist app for the iPhone so that you can search the jobs and be the first in your neighborhood to see the latest listings.
- LinkedIn has one feature that sets it apart from other job boards which is the ability to sort job listing by relationship. As in putting companies that are hiring that have employees in your network jump to the top of the list. You can also connect with LinkedIn on twitter and via the iPhone app, so that once again you stay up to date with the latest job leads.
So the next time your waiting in line at the store or for your car to get an oil change you can turn that wasted time into job search time!
