With the continuing rise of Twitter in Ireland and some great examples of how if can be used effectively for “real stuff”, like twitter.com/twecipe (hats off to twitter.com/niallharbison for leading the way), we are introducing job searching via Twitter. Here’s how it works:
- Follow twitter.com/rocketjobs
- If we’re not already following you we’ll auto-follow you back
- Once that’s done you can send a direct message to rocketjobs like this: D java developer
- We’ll DM you back with some results like this “Try this - Senior J2EE Software Developer (http://www.rocketjobs.ie/job/1288)“
Why use direct messages? Well, we don’t think you want the world to see what jobs you’re searching for! If you do a regular tweet to twitter.com/rocketjobs it’ll just be ignored and hopefully the rest of the Twitterverse will cast a blind eye too.
We hope you like this new capability and we’d love to have your feedback or ideas on how it might be made better. We’re working on some enhancements already and hope to have these available for you soon. We’re also planning on adding some more Web 2.0 features generally, but in the meantime enjoy and spread the word like only Twitter can!
Sonru changing how we do interviews?
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009SiliconRepublic has an interesting article this morning on Sonru, an Irish start-up working in the video interview space. Their idea is that the cost of interviewing people (getting people lined up to do the interviews, get meeting rooms, travel time for candidates, etc.) can be drastically reduced, particularly in the first round, by doing it by video.
This isn’ t a case of you doing a video conference. Instead when you apply for a job you may get sent an email from the employer or agency with a link to go and do an interview. You are provided with a list of questions and in some cases a time limit to answer the questions and a closing date for submitting your interview which you record with your webcam and then submit.
This is definitely an innovative approach and in the current market it will make employers’ lives easier but I don’t think it will be embraced so quickly by job seekers. Am I wrong? Having said that, right now though it’s an employer’s market so you don’t really have a whole lot of choice if you want the role. So, if you get a video interview request remember to check for the spinach between your teeth before you hit “send”!
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