Job seekers and HR managers are getting into social media tools. In bad economy, visibility matters and social network tools like Twitter, Facebook, Orkut etc provide network access.

Twitter is a latest kid on the block and it’s short SMS like text messaging has made many fans (We are also on Twitter if you want to follow us there – CodeMunch ). Lately Twitter is getting popular for job seekers to reach out to prospective employers. Wall Street Journal writes about this new development, which is getting good attention in worsening job market:

Looking for a new job, Alexa Scordato didn’t email or call her contacts about possible openings. Instead, she messaged them via the social-networking Web site Twitter.com.

Her brief message: “Hey there! Looking for a Social Media job up in Boston. Are you guys doing any entry level hires?”

Within a week, she had an interview. Within two weeks, she had a job.

The site, which lets users publish supershort updates of what they’re doing, is a virtual meeting ground where a range of communities — from moms to media professionals — come to converse informally.

It’s been criticized as a site for sharing mundane details about everyday activities. But people like 22-year-old Ms. Scordato, who used Twitter to privately message some people she’d met at a conference, show the site can be more than that.

“I would guess that if I had just sent them a long email with my résumé, I might not have gotten a response as fast as I did,” says Ms. Scordato, who was hired by Mzinga, a Boston-area company that helps businesses use social technology.

Clearly diversifying your social network presence in leading social networks helps in building personal brand. Focused effort in establishing expertise goes a long way in getting into good books of people you want to impress.

Follow us on codemunch. We will be looking at Twitter APIs and thinking how we can help our job seekers in their career planning.

With IT companies setting up operation in small cities and town, student from colleges and  universities there are being increasingly getting recruited in these companies. “We do not go by reputation or location of a college university. Recently we conducted a campus interview in a place far from Coimbatore and selected about 250 candidates. We recruit candidate as per their qualification. It may be from far off place or close by.. we want the right person for the right job,”Perot Systems CFO Ch Srinivas Rao said. Lakshmi Naryanan, vice chairman of Cognizant Technologies Solution  said,”Many IT companies prefer recruiting candidates from all over the country and did not go by the repution of college. They only look for well qualified persons.”

The first batch of 30,000 under graduate student from 100 colleges affiliated to the University of Pune will start training courses for the ITeS sector. These college are located in the three districts of Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar. Global talent track a start up founded by Uma Ganesh and Ganesh Natrajan, currently Nasscom chairman and vice chairman of Zensar Technologies, has signed a five year agreement with Pune University for the delivery of the courses. The Rs 6 crore project is supported by Cisco both financially, technically as well as by the University which will offer the premises for the training as well as its infrastructure, in the form of connectivity and faculty.

To make sure you look good when company or recruiter runs into your Facebook profile, we have rolled out MY RESUME. My Resume is an application developed by CodeMunch team for Facebook platform.

CodeMunch is a Web 2.0 Social Resume Builder. Where you can get your resume on your profile by just filling some relevant information. By using this application you can send your resume to any of your friends. Sharing and adding review to your friend’s resume is just one click away.

My Resume will play a very important role in your life and resume building. Your all Facebook friends can see your resume and they can forward your resume for suitable position. Build your social resume on Facebook, It will build your career.

Social site:- A site which provides a platform to share your experience, knowledge, connecting with people. Get to know what others are up to.

Social Resume site:- We are in web 2.0 generation – a must for you. Because now companies don’t ask for your resume, they ask about your online profile. Social resume site is a platform to share your Technical, Educational and Social skills with the world. Make recruiters and friends visit your profile, rate and comment on your profile, share tips.

CodeMunch is one of a kind social resume site which is providing you with a platform to manage your resume, see what others are doing, discuss, rate and share comments. Share your experience using our groups, rate your friends, ask questions and get expert advice from peers.

CodeMunch is not just a social site, it’s your demand. It is driven by your suggestions and a lot of research work. Not only does it provide a platform, it lets you download your resume free of cost in pdf format. You can choose from various template. Send us your feedback if you wish to see more templates.

Now there is no need to find jobs from different jobs portal, just complete your profile on CodeMunch and companies will find you.

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