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Yes, the typical social network serves mostly as a colossal time suck.  But did you realize that Twitter is becoming more and more a required first stop in the job search process?   &lt;p&gt;Who has time for scrolling through hundreds of (dubiously dated) posts on a job board?  Twitter is both more convenient and more efficient.  For anyone looking for a new position, signing up for a particular company&#39;s tweets, or signing up for messages from job list feeds, is just about mandatory, since  what you want is delivered directly to you.  In addition, with a simple &#39;reply,&#39; there&#39;s a rare opportunity to open a digital dialogue with a recruiter.  (Just don&#39;t blow it with an inappropriately informal response or with tweets of questionable content floating around for all to see.)  &lt;p&gt;  Companies likewise get top value from using Twitter over other recruitment methods.  According to &lt;i&gt;The Wall Street Journal&lt;/i&gt;, this cuts down substantially on the number of resumes a recruiter has to wade through, and ensures the applicant is &quot;media-savvy.&quot;  (Despite the word&#39;s appearance in every other news article these days, the site gets an average of 4.8 million visitors a day; it&#39;s likely only a small percentage of them are looking for work.)  Further, corporate use of Twitter, if done smartly, can make a firm seem like it&#39;s plugged in  to current trends (even if that&#39;s far from the case).  And, tweeting is way less expensive than advertising or job board placements.  &lt;p&gt;So, job hunters: If you shun such of-the-moment communications tools out of principle, you might want to reconsider.  And HR/corporate department: Perhaps it&#39;s time to embrace the future.  Here&#39;s hoping you all find a tweet or Twitterer that&#39;s right for you. &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;--Posted by Todd Obolsky, Vault Staff Writer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;embeddedObject&quot; src=&quot;http://content.screencast.com/users/TODDO13/folders/Jing/media/78308230-42ef-4afe-bd0d-5ba488589434/2009-09-10_1804.png&quot; width=&quot;466&quot; height=&quot;496&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;

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