Seeking an Internship? Consider Tweeting
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The year isn’t over yet, but it’s already time to start thinking about your summer plans. Just the other day, a junior in college was telling me she is looking at internships but hadn’t found many advertised.
She was considering using Twitter. Making connections on social networking sites such as Twitter can help as internships have been scarce in some fields. Hey, even Pizza Hut used Twitter this past summer to find a Summer Twintern to tweet about the company.
I recently received an email from a former journalism student of mine at the University of Georgia seeking an intern in New York City. I mentioned it to a student in a class I was teaching and passed along an e-mail address as the contact info.
They began communicating via Twitter after my student saw in the internship coordinator’s e-mail signature that she had a Twitter account. She began following her on Twitter and replying to her comments, and she landed an interview for the position.
So how can you find opportunities on Twitter? Start with a search for your industry, the job you’re looking for, the city in which you want an internship and keywords such as internship, a company name, and titles such as human resources director. As you find relevant matches, start following them, as well as people who work for the company of interest.
Don’t hesitate to keep in touch with someone who hires interns via Twitter throughout the year. Reply to their comments with information about their industry. Lastly, add some internship Tweeps to your follow list like @internqueen and @internweb.
Best of luck with your search, and happy Tweeting!
-Lori Johnston
Kingsley Tagbo said,
November 23, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
Social Media like Twitter and Facebook are becoming the cornerstone of all communication – business and personal. Every serious jobseeker needs to have an online presence that reflects their personal brand and career objectives.
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December 9, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
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