5 Ways to Use Twitter for Your Job Search

5 Ways to Use Twitter for Your Job Search Twitter can be a great source of competitive intelligence during a job search. Here are five tips for using Twitter to source information related to your job search that can help you find key decision makers and accelerate your networking efforts.Follow the Twitter handles for the companies you are interested in working for. Retweet and favorite their tweets as appropriate to acknowledge the information they are sharing and get on their radar.Follow hashtags for career-related subjects to find people tweeting on topics that can help you in your search.  Examples: #jobs, #employmentConduct Google searches for people tweeting about a company you are interested in by searching on  Twitter.com: site:twitter.com and adding the company name.   Example  Twitter.com: site:twitter.com GEUse tools such as  Twellow to source and compare different Twitter accounts related to a target company and assess the size of their following and circle of influence.Use the advanced search feature on Twitt er to create more specific searches on job-related topics.  Example Chicago marketing jobs