Connecting with career experts via social media

Okay, listen up!  The first place college students should head for career advice is their college's career center.  If you still want more assistance, you can connect with alumni and career experts.

Miriam Salpeter is the author of Social Networking for Career Success offers up several online networking opportunities in her blog post Your job search questions answered!  Learn about Twitter chats and the Career+Convo on Google+.

When: Wednesday, August 3rd, 9 – 9:30 pm Eastern Time
Where: Search for “Miriam Salpeter” in Google+ to find where we’ll be.
What you need: A Google+ profile and a willingness to try something new

How many employers reach out to potential employees on Twitter?

AllTwitter is reporting that 50% of employers reach out using the medium.  They write:

...there’s a 50/50 chance that the person looking at your resume will also log on to Twitter and read your 140-character pearls of wisdom the next time you apply for a job.  Read more...

TweetMyJOBS Hosts the First ‘American Jobs Conference’ on Twitter

From Business Wire:

TweetMyJOBS will present the first-ever American Jobs Conference on Twitter on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, starting at 9 a.m. PDT and concluding at 3:15 p.m. PDT.

American Jobs Conference (#jobs4US)

Confirmed Participants:

• Governor Tim Pawlenty, 39th Governor of Minnesota and 2012 Republican candidate for the President of The United States, will deliver the Tweetnote address Getting Americans Back to Work.
• Lou Kerner is Managing Director of the Private Shares Group at Wedbush Securities...
• Mark Suster is a partner at GRP Partners....
• Dan Schawbel is a personal branding expert and Managing Partner of Millennial Branding...
• Jessica Miller-Merrell is a leader in the Human Resources social media community and owner of Xceptional HR…
• Susan Whitcomb is the founder and CEO of The Academies, Inc. and an award-winning author of 7 books including The Twitter Job Search Guide…
• Heather Huhman is the founder and President of Come Recommended…
• Michael “Dr. Woody” Woodward, PhD, author of The YOU Plan and Fox Business columnist…

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Two Guys and Twitter

Can you get a job using Twitter?  Per Megan O'Neill of Social Times, these fellows did. 

Bas van de Poel and Daan Van Dam of Wonder Years wanted to find a way to get noticed by creative directors of ad agencies and decided that Twitter would be a great outlet. Read what happened...   

Check out the video: Twitter Job Hustle 

Twitter: How to Tap into this High-powered Job Search Tool

Thank you Careerealism!

How To Use Advanced Twitter Search To Find A Job

Mashable shows you how to use advanced Twitter search to find a job...

Pursuing a Job Via Twitter...

As more companies warm to the idea of recruiting on Twitter, the world of tweets, at symbols, and hashtags is becoming populated with a new kind of handle: usernames created specifically to lure applicants. And for job seekers, that means opportunity. 

Read more here.

Receiving Jobs Via Twitter

If you use Twitter and are job hunting, why not have jobs tweeted to you?

Listorious offers a list Twitter accounts of employers who are using Twitter to directly recruit employees.