Author: Dennis Grubbs, Jobfully Social Media Marketing Manager

What are Twitter Hashtags, and What Can They Do For You?

Twitter can be a very powerful tool for your job search.  Not only do many companies now post job leads on Twitter, but it’s also a good place to find and interact with recruiters.

Finding jobs on Twitter is easy if you know how to do it.  The most popular way to find jobs (or any other topic) is through the use of a hashtag (#).  What is a hashtag?  Hashtags are a way for people to categorize information in tweets to make it easily searchable.  Hashtags are like keywords marked with a (#).  For instance, do a hashtag search for #career, and you’ll come up with a list of people tweeting about career topics.

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Jobs In Nursing

Looking for a job that is always in demand, offers great personal satisfaction uses a wide variety of skills?  How about nursing!  No longer doctor’s helpers in starched white dresses, today’s nurses have many specializations and make good money.  Nursing careers tend to be a safe option to pursue when you think about the large number of baby boomers who will be starting to retire and will need more care.  Demand is very high and increasing.  The employment rate is expected to increase by 27.3% by 2012 for a number of different nursing specialties due largely in part to demographic changes.

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Jobs In Social Media

Social media is a very hot topic right now.  It seems these days you can’t go online without reading something about social media.  With the evolution of sites like Facebook and Twitter and their applications as marketing tools, the number of job positions in social media is rising at an exponential pace as companies try to keep their name in front of consumers.

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