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A lot of people at my office ask me what's twitter ? And what's the big deal. Most of the times i have given them the usual microblogging definition, but most of them were not convinced. And also i wanted to convey why i am so interested in tweeting and the whole social media thing. Then suddenly it struck me its a way for me to share and come across ideas. That is why i am so excited about this. I love thinking aloud something on twitter and then have a great discussion with my tweeps. I come across new things, terms and perspectives.
Which brings be to the point i am writing this blog, Your ideas : How you polish them , present them and whom you discuss them with is your new resume. It may not be mainstream right now, but i have seen instances of this happening. A good presence on the web in terms of blogs, forum discussions etc allow potential employers to get a peek into your thought process and depth of knowledge. Which ideas you tweet or blog about and how you conduct yourself on the websphere while may not be always enough to land you a job but it will definitely get people interested and imagine the width of the audience - potentially the entire web.
That is why i was quite impressed by brazencareerist.com .Not only they focus on the traditional way of marketing yourself, they also encourage you to share ideas through your blogs and friendfeed. And its available to everyone. People can read your ideas and then comment about it. Finally a site i guess which combines your professional and social networking perfectly. The interface is also not as drab as linked-in (no disrespect intended) . And it will definitely appeal much more to today's 20-somethings.
Anyways, so back to my point, your ideas are your new and improved resume. Get them out, refine them and let them do the talking for you. So that's whats so amazing about twitter , getting your idea out in precisely 140 characters to potentially the entire world and thats why i tweet, my friend .
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Blogging is one of the most (in some cases best) concrete way of asserting your authority in your niche no matter u work in a corporate or independently (Something I forgot to mention or I thought was obvious when we talked about possibility of working independently)
ReplyDeleteI love twitter for the news and links I get out of the system, Its a testimony of social beating search in many cases. I still feel IM or "real" small meetings are best ways to brainstorm about ideas or to have conversations. Twitter doesnt do conversations well though u end up doing conversations on twitter coz your network is hooked on it. I just need to pop a rando question and people would start giving reactions/answers/opinions which is a testimony to IP of a network beating IP of code and complex systems.
P.S. I have never given a interview for a job except for the infosys one, which I didnt take up. Somehow people found me and its been great.
Hey dipen,
ReplyDeleteYou were the person i had in mind when i wrote this blog. And its not just about twitter, its about the new way of marketing brand you. Its blogs, twitter everything. That was the whole point. Just having a good resume stored on your system or your web doesnt do you as much good anymore. You need to be visible in the websphere.
However i do believe twitter by itself can be a great tool for your job search as well as marketing yourself. For example it made sure that my blog link may be distributed or redistributed.