Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Flipboard 0 Twitter and Hashtags How can using Twitter and understanding hashtags help you in your job search? I want you to think of Twitter as a giant chat room. Messages fly back and forth around the world—and many of those messages contain hashtags. What the heck are hashtags? Hashtags are just a string of letters and numbers proceeded with a “#.” Who owns a hashtag? NO ONE! Can you register a hashtag? NO! How do I know what #hashtag to use? Go to hashtags.org and see how a hashtag is being used. Some hashtags would seem to be pretty obvious but, for example, I focus on the baby boomer generation. You would think that I could use the #boomer hashtag and everyone would find my tweets. Hmm…not so fast. If you search hashtags.org for #boomer, you would discover it is primarily used to tag tweets about the University of Oklahoma Boomer Sooner sports teams and events. I hadn’t considered that! Since I live in the heart of Texas Longhorn country, I rarely think of Boomer Sooner. I use the hashtags #babyboomer and #babyboomers instead. But, I still do not see how I would use them… Twitter is a giant database of messages. You can search Twitter to find announcements and posts. In my last post, I wrote about Twitter Lists and your job search. You do not even need a Twitter User ID to search Twitter. Just go to the Twitter Search Page. Try this: Click here to search on #Austin #Jobs #ProjectManager Swap out #Austin with #YourCityorLocation. How do I know what hashtags to use when searching for a specific job? Go to hashtags.org and try different combinations. If you search on #productmanager you will find it is almost never used. You might have to use a combination of hashtags like #product #manager. What other hashtags can you suggest? This can be done through trial and error. In my searches, I find Austin job tweeters use: #jobs #austin #job #austin #atxjobs #hiring #austin Once you found a tweet announcing a position, you will want to follow the Twitter account. You may want to consider adding them to one of your Twitter Lists that you created from my last post. What other questions do you have? Twitter Tweet Facebook Share Email This article originally appeared on Career Pivot and has been republished with permission.Find out how to syndicate your content with B2C Join our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Author: Jay Leonard Jay is a UK-based cryptocurrency expert, specialising in fundamental analysis and medium to long term investments. Jay has a great deal of hands-on experience in analysing financial markets and performing technical analysis. Jay is currently focusing on the institutional adoption of cryptocurrency and what it means for the future of … View full profile ›More by this author:Top Trending Meme Coins: ELON, HOGE, SAMO, TAMA, MARVIN, BABYDOGE, MONAHotbit Exchange Forced to Suspend Service As it’s Under Criminal InvestigationCameo CEO Steven Galanis Wallet Hacked – $231k Worth of NFTs Stolen