Victoria Hirschberg, Business Development

Consultant, TN Department of Economic &

Community Development

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Can you TWEET your

way to work?

TODAY’S AGENDA:

* INTRODUCTIONS

* YOUR JOB SEEKER BRAND

* EXERCISE ONE

* TOUR DE TWITTER: HASHTAGS, RETWEETS, COMMENTS- OH MY!

* EXERCISE TWO

* JOBS4TN.GOV

* TAKE AWAYS

* Q & A

H E L L O my name is

Victoria

YOUR JOB SEEKER *BRAND*

SKILLS

PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIPS

CONTENT

MAX IMPACT

HUSTLE

EXERCISE ONE:

Designing YOUR Job Seeker Brand

VICTORIA

Creative

Social Networking

Economic Development

Blizzard the Cat

Sports, but really the NY Giants

Workforce

Bright high heels

Native New Yorker living in the South

Positive Outlook

Running

University of New Mexico

Travel

Industry Recruitment

Current Events

Texas

Hoop earrings

Hustle

In the know…cooking

Farmer’s Markets

Writing

Se habla espanol

TOUR DE TWITTERHASHTAGS, RETWEETS, COMMENTS- OH MY!

Here I will show some searches, examples & key words as a job seeker. Remember to link your feed to your #Linkedin profile! #teamworkiscool

* # Hashtags (jobs, opportunity, discovery, conversation)

* Retweet – get more recognition & connect to a topic

* Follow people in your industry- get on the radar & in the know

* Companies you might want to work for

* Organizations linked to jobs (Chambers of Commerce, TNECD, newspapers, TNLabor, workforce)

* Lists- help you manage information

Let’s go to twitter.com and Linkedin!

Exercise Two:Twitter on the fly

EXERCISE TWO:

TWEET….NOW!

Take aways… (I hope)

TAKE-AWAYS

* Twitter | Social media is a way to connect and build your brand

* Twitter allows you to highlight your knowledge, skills and connections to what is going on in the world around you

* There are tons of tools and information- be creative, yet selective

* Twitter is a tool--- Not a task!

* Twitter | Social Networking adds to your skill set!

* And it’s free!

QUESTIONS?

Victoria Hirschberg

TN Department of Economic & Community Development

Victoria.Hirschberg@tn.gov

@victoriah413@TNECD

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