Mar 20

Are you as excited about Twitter as the rest of the world? You can not only find out what’s going on with your friends on an hourly basis, but also peak into the lives of your favorite celebrities

People have definitely embraced Twitter as a major form of communication; however, because it only allows you to type 140 characters at a time, the communication can be a bit limited. This is especially true when trying to promote your resume – but people are doing it. If this is something you’ve considered, here are a few tips to get your resume noticed by others right on Twitter.

Linking to Your Resume

Of course, the first challenge to presenting a resume in Twitter is keeping it short. Intelligent character allotment is absolutely critical to this end, and a lot of applications have become available to help you handle this. You know right away that you can’t post your entire resume on your profile, which means you’ll need to post yours somewhere else online (a great place to do so is via TweetMyJobs.com). When that’s done, you need to make a link to the resume on your Twitter account. There’s sometimes a problem with this step, as the link to your resume might be too long to add with an additional message.

One application that provides a solution for this problem are link-shortening applications, such as Bit.ly or TinyURL. These applications allow you to link your online resume to your Twitter message by creating a new link that uses significantly fewer characters. This way, you don’t have to use up your character count to post your resume, making the “tweeting” experience that much easier.

Making the Message Short and Clear

After you’ve created your resume URL, you want to type your message for your Twitter followers – or anyone else who happens to see. Remembering that you need to keep your characters at 140 or below, many job seekers use what are called hashtags along with Internet/texting shorthand to make themselves findable by recruiters.

Hashtags on Twitter basically provide an opportunity for others to find you through site searches. By including the pound sign (#) before your word, you’ve created a hashtag. Some good hashtags to use are #lookingforwork and #jobseeker (you can find more at Hashtags.org).

Also, it’s good to include RT at the beginning of your message because it tells others they’re allowed to retweet your message.

An example of a job seeker’s Twitter resume might look like this (the link below is not real):

RT #Jane Doe seeks a PR DIR JOB http://bit.ly/resisgreat @TweetMyResume #resume #prjobs

The message is basically telling you that Jane Doe is looking for a Public Relations Director position and that you can find her resume with TweetMyResume.com at her link. The hashtags allow for those who search for #resume or #prjobs to find her message. At the start of the message, she’s allowed others to repeat (sometimes called re-tweeting) the message in part or in its entirety. That is absolutely a ton of info for 87 characters.

By learning how to create a Twitter resume, you have the opportunity to gain access to more recruiters than ever before. Give it a good try. There’s a chance that you’ll find your dream job.


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Mar 20

Making the decision to go to beauty school is a big decision.  You are choosing a path for your life and a great one at that. The world of cosmetics is an engaging and interesting career choice, one that involves skill as well as the opportunity to be on the cutting edge of the newest trends. You will find a variety of programs to choose from in the cosmology field, such as hair, esthetics, skin care, nail care tech, makeup, barbering, and much more. Beauty Schools VA can help.

It’s not going to be the easiest task finding a school, but there are simple steps you can to take to make finding the right one a little easier. Using the Internet to begin your search is a great way to reduce the search time. Just go to google.com or any other major search engine and type “beauty school va”.

It can become a bit overwhelming with all of the different choices that are offered to you.  Take your time looking at the different schools. Each will offer the basics, as well as something a little different that makes that one school the right one for you.  There’s no rush, however, you want to research and take your time making a decision that will affect your future.

With the Internet you know have many additional options available to you. You can attend classes at one of the beauty schools in Virginia, or you can do the course right online. This is something you will need to carefully consider. At first online classes sound great, but it takes a good amount of dedication and control to complete the work this way. It’s very easy to get distracted and forget about the assignment you needed to complete.

The hands on learning methods are definitely the best method of learning. You will be able to ask questions and get them answered immediately. This is the absolute best way to gain the necessary knowledge, as well as the experience,  you need to excel in your career. Beauty schools prepare you for your State certification, which will allow you to practice professionally.

You’ll need to set aside some time to contact a few of the beauty schools you find in order to learn what they have to offer you. Talk to one of the counselors to get some questions answered. Do they have job placement, offer financial aid, and what their success rate is for students passing the state certification?

Job placement is something you will not want to do without. The right Beauty School can set you up with your dream job. You will want to ask about their success rate of placement.  This is the key to getting a job quickly so you can begin using those terrific new skills and making a living from your chosen profession.

You can easily learn more about Beauty Schools VA by looking online. There are hundreds of thousands of websites offering guidance for this. Begin searching for the perfect beauty school. Just go to Google.com or any other search engine and put in “beauty school va” into the search bar. If you had quotes around the keyword phrase it will pull up the results that match it exactly. This is helpful in reducing the number of results that do not match at all.

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