TWEET YOUR WAY TO YOUR DREAM JOB

I quite often get asked, like many other tweeters - “Why do you use Twitter?” and “What’s the point?” I think this is because on the face of it, Twitter is just a place where people share trivial information about what they’re having for tea tonight or whether they’ve had a nice lie in this morning. And to put it bluntly... no one cares!

But more and more, Twitter is being used in new and pretty exciting ways. One such exciting set of tweets I noticed this morning was from former ‘Dragon’ @Doug Richard, who is using Twitter as a recruitment tool. He’s doing a Twitter experiment to see if the micro blogging site can help him ‘find great people’.


Just a few days ago Twitter helped Peaches Geldof have her stray passport returned to her safely, and it’s crazy to think that someone out there in the Twittersphere could secure their dream job via a mere 140 character message, and even more crazy to think of all those ideal budding entrepreneurs who have missed this chance in a million.

I’ve been monitoring responses to Doug’s experiment all morning and he has already been re-tweeted countless times, but as yet, has only had a handful of mini CVs submitted.

Would you hire?

@douglasrichard 2 yrs promoting entrepreneurship at Edinburgh U. Event management, copy writing, award-winning debater. Aim to start a biz.

Or maybe?

@douglasrichard I'm easy going hard working honest guy, started own biz at 17, 250K 1st yr turnover. About to launch http://tiny.cc/Nc5Y6

Having had the privilege of meeting this mythical Dragon myself, I know he’ll already be impressed with anybody who shows enthusiasm, so purely replying will put you in his good books.

Could this be your chance to shine? Go for it! It could be the quickest application you’ve ever done, but could result in the most useful and exciting experience you’ll get. Good luck to all those who apply, and don’t forget to use those characters wisely...