Tiffany Jane Brand (@tiffanybrandlib) handout for @CareersFedLib. Using Twitter to Optimize Your Federal Library Job Search.

1. Use Twitter to Optimize Your Federal Job Search
Tiffany Jane Brand (@tiffanybrandlib)
Careers in Federal Libraries Group
Basic search- use quotes or exact phrasing.
Ex.Typing From: Smithsonian will return all tweets sent from Smithsonian, including job
opportunities. Typing @smithsonian: All tweets mentioning Smithsonian. Good way to research
events and holdings as well as any mention of jobs via LIS job search feeds.
Advanced Twitter search: Uses keywords or Boolean. With advanced twitter searching you can
narrow your job search to a geographic area. Ex. Charlottesville, VA within 50 miles.
Hashtags.org- gauges the frequency a specific hashtag is used.
Monitter.com provides real time updates on trending topics.
Ex. Type in librarian, department of energy for all individuals and organizations mentioning
position.
Twubs.com uses established hashtags, and is great for finding groups of people with similar
interest: #alamw12. Use to find professional development opportunities, meetings at various
conferences.
@TweetMyJobs (Tweetmyjobs.com)-sends job alerts via twitter, e-mail or Facebook that
match your specifications.
Promoting Your Work
Optimal tweets: short opinion and link to article related to library industry. Ex.
digitization of materials at Library of Congress, with relevant hashtags (ex. #archives,
#socialmedia).
Post link to blog updates, conference presentations.

2. Ex. Join @CareersFedLib at the ALA Job Placement Center ( #alamw12) for two career
sessions: 1/21 & 1/22-http://www.alamidwinter.org/
Tip to promote work: #libchat. Wednesdays 8:00-9:30, created by @nataliebinder.
Participate in #libpitch. @ 9:20pm to promote projects.
Ex.#libchat My name is Tiffany. I manage @CareersFedLib for Careers in Federal
Libraries #libpitch
Bitly and TinyURL will shorten links to acceptable twitter length.
Integrating Twitter with Facebook, LinkedIn and WordPress
Hootsuite: can create column for social media that you have, will allow you to post the same
message to each one. Includes option for scheduling tweets, monitor own twitter feed, respond to
tweets within application.
Individual options:
FB: Go to https://twitter.com/settings/profile. Select connect to Facebook option. Utilize #fb at
the end of your Twitter post.
LinkedIn: Select the “Edit My Profile” tab.Click “Add Twitter Account next to the Twitter field.
Verify Twitter account and select method of publishing tweets.
Sample posting: @DeptVetAffairs @VeteransHealth Supervisory
Librarian:1.usa.gov/xdJj8J#library#jobs #in
Smartphone Apps (Android and I Phone): Seesmic, Twitter (for mobile), Facebook (for mobile)
Gist.com-upload and monitor contacts, including scanned business cards. Can upload to
LinkedIn & integrate users into your #in network.
Managing Social Medial Accounts
Who’s saying what about you?
Find out what your ranking is: search.twitter.com, pipl.com-who’s mentioning you. GooglePage
rank checker: http://www.prchecker.info/
Not showing up? Use certification at end of name, degree ranking. Ex. Jane Q. Smith, MLIS
JobKatch-(http://www.jobkatch.com/) tracks your progress for each job lead.