Ask HN: Will Twitter Resumes Work?

Posted by acav on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @03:16PM
from the ask-hn dept.

A social media event today is promoting the idea of twitter resumes with the hashtag #smw140resume. So far, it looks like dozens of applicants have shared their skills (and in some cases personality). But do you think hiring managers will bite?

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Re:Ask HN: Will Twitter Resumes Work? by smit on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @03:18PM (#5253036)

It certainly doesn't hurt. Any new venues to be noticed is one step forward. Only thing is not many people might know that this is happening so its hard to know how many people are going to be noticed. I believe that people should be building relationships on twitter anyways and then leveraging them for jobs.

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Re:Ask HN: Will Twitter Resumes Work? by KMinshew on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @04:40PM (#5253552)

Good point - it can be a great way to start a relationship, and then you can leverage that into a job or something else later on. I also agree with the commenter below who adds that it's industry dependent. Tech startups might be more willing to consider a twitter resume than a financial services firm, for example

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Re:Ask HN: Will Twitter Resumes Work? by saym on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @04:53PM (#5253616)

No, I don't think 128 characters is enough to demonstrate any amount of competence or skill.

This idea is novel, but not practical.

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Re:Ask HN: Will Twitter Resumes Work? by agranzel on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @03:18PM (#5253030)

depends on the position.

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