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...mailing former colleagues and trolling company websites for open slots. These days, if you're serious about being hired, you really put your computer and PDA to work. That means getting word out on social sites like Facebook and MySpace, sending instant job-search updates via messaging feeds like Twitter, and meeting new people who might be able to lend a hand through Web-networking outfits like LinkedIn and Ryze. (See 10 ways Twitter will change American business...
...quickly. He found himself unemployed at 5 in the afternoon; by 8 that night, he'd called four people he knew in Ohio who did the same sort of computer work he did, as well as his college buddy Lyell, down in North Carolina. "I'd been using Twitter and Facebook and LinkedIn, but in a very passive, extracurricular way," says Ward. "I knew Lyell was big into the Twitter scene. He immediately began blasting information out to contacts he had, sending them back my way." Over the weekend, Ward updated all of his online profiles. He uploaded a fresh...
Using social-networking sites to look for work - in addition to traditional job banks like Monster and Dice - helped with that emotional part of the job search. Twitter didn't provide many leads, but Ward did come across a lot of other people looking for work. "It turned into a big support network," he says. While he was looking for a job, Ward wasn't able to sleep more than a few hours a night. The first thing he'd do when he got up at 4 or 5 in the morning was send out a tweet. (See the best...
...jobs he was working on: about 16 made it to the point of having a conversation with the person who was hiring, but then no further. As things changed each day, over the 12 to 15 hours he was devoted to job-hunting daily he sent out updates via Twitter, Facebook and Gmail to let all of his friends and contacts know who had been helpful. "It was the equivalent of sending a thank-you letter after an interview," says Ward...
...chops, people named "Rutherford" - history is a funny thing. Take the Pilgrims, for example. Not only do they look ridiculous - (hat buckles? really?) - but you can make fun of them without fear of accidentally offending someone. This is the brilliance of the website historicaltweets.com. (See the top 10 celebrity Twitter feeds.) Historicaltweets.com has re-imagined famous moments throughout history as Twittered by the people who experienced them. Some entries are by politicians (Abe Lincoln: "Gr8 show tonite. Ford is the perfect venue for AAAAARRGH!!"). Others are by fictional characters (Odysseus: "Back home! Who r all these random dudes?"). Some even...