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Question

How do I create a 'Jobs-By-Twitter' search?

Answer

You can use Twitter to help you find a new job by signing up to receive personalised job tweets (messages).

To create a Twitter search string:

  1. Visit our 'Jobsitejobs' Twitter page
  2. Click follow and we'll send you a direct message to your Twitter account within 5 minutes
  3. Click the link in the Direct Message to set up your Jobs-by-Twitter alerts
  4. Check the sample jobs on the webpage you're shown and add or edit the information in the search form if necessary
  5. Click the 'Update sample jobs' button to refresh your sample jobs
  6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you're happy with the sample job results
  7. Once you're happy, click 'Save search' to confirm

You will then start to receive your Jobs-By-Twitter alerts.

Advice:

Here are some helpful hints for setting up a search:

  • Use speech marks around full job titles, such as "Project Manager", so that they are searched as a phrase and not two individual words
  • Avoid using - (dash) or / (slash) between keywords. Only use commas
  • If you're looking for a role that may be known by two or more job titles, separate them with commas in the keyword section e.g. secretary, pa, “personal assistant”
  • Avoid using words like 'anywhere' in the location filter, as this is not specific enough. Type in the town, county or the first part of the postcode where you're looking for work and you'll get better results

If you want to test to see if your search string is working as you want it to, click on 'Update sample jobs' and you'll be able to see the results in the sample jobs box on the right of the screen.

Finally, if you wish to change your search string criteria (keywords, location, salary etc):

  1. Login to your Twitter account
  2. Click on 'Direct Messages'
  3. Send a Direct Message to 'Jobsitejobs' with only the word 'edit' in the text box
  4. We'll then send a new Direct Message to your Twitter account within 5 minutes
  5. Click the link in the email from us to edit your job alerts

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