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Why u should hire me! Job seeking via Twitter

Originally published: January 23, 2010 9:25 PM
Updated: January 23, 2010 9:43 PM
By PATRICIA KITCHEN  patricia.kitchen@newsday.com

Quick ReadJob hunters and recruiters are using the Twitter resume, "twesume." Here are some helpful hints and some twesume examples.

Laurie Broderick shown her quot;twesumequot; for a twesume

Photo credit: Newsday / Karen Wiles Stabile | Laurie Broderick shown her "twesume" for a twesume contest. (Jan. 23, 2010)

Job hunters who've whittled their resumes down to one page have a brand new challenge - getting them down to 140-character Tweets; make that 120 if you leave room for retweeting.

Twitter is no longer just the capital of trivia, as more and more recruiters are using it, said Jason Alba, chief executive of career site JibberJobber.com and author of  "I'm on LinkedIn. Now What?"

While he...

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