Organic Using Twitter For Job Postings

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With "only" 7.9 million users as of February 2009, I've noticed that most of my peers in the Creative Advertising program have yet to sign up for Twitter. Many of them hear about the service constantly and still don't know what it is. Others think that having a separate service for what is at its core the equivalent of a Facebook status tool is dumb. Before I signed up, I was in the latter group.

However, people are finding a lot of creative ways of changing the world 140 characters at a time. According to this article in Ad Age, Twitter is now Organic's main job-posting strategy. The article goes in depth on why this works so well for them on the company side. I don't know if this will ever become the go-to strategy for all job postings, but if you're on the fence about signing up, maybe Twitter's ability to help you get a job could be a reason to sign up.

It's another way of finding a job. It's a more direct way of finding a job posting the moment it hits the web on a service you'll probably use for everything else. You may have less competition (for now) through a Twitter posting. It also shows employers (particularly those with vested interest in people with online skills) that you know how to operate the tech. Heck, we might not be too far away from the "e-elevator pitch" where you're asked to sell yourself in 140 characters or less.

Here's my "e-elevator pitch":

I may need to work on that.