

You can search for people you know, by location, by industry or interest, by hash tag, by popularity, by time and more.

Run a quick search on Twitter () for anybody discussing a specific keyword and you can get hundreds of contacts. If your company has a Twitter account but not a lot of followers, there are tricks for expanding your network and building relationships with clients and job candidates. You can use more than one hash tag in your tweet, but remember that your characters are limited, so be strategic in which hash tag or tags you use. Here are a few examples of hash tags you might consider using: #job, #jobpost, #employment, #recruiting, #hiring, #career, #staffing, #salesjob, #NAJ (that's Twitter lingo for 'Need A Job?'). By including a hash tag with a keyword in your tweet, it becomes instantly searchable. Hash tags are used as a way to filter and find information on Twitter.

Tweets should be along the lines of: "Looking for a Sales Rep in NYC, Very competitive salary, apply at (include a shortened url)." To make your job postings stand out, you can also use hash tags, which are formed simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol (#). Since Twitter gives you just 140 characters to get your message across, don't beat around the bush. As a recruiter, you can use your own Twitter account or use your company's, but it should be clear that the purpose of your account is to share available jobs and information about the companies that are hiring.
