On Craigslist this week, one job posting asked applicants to “e-mail your resume, online portfolio and the URL to your Facebook profile.”
Another posting required a “demonstrated love for social marketing technologies, including Facebook, blogging and Twitter.”
Experts say social media skills are moving alongside knowledge of e-mail and Microsoft Word as basic job requirements. This emerging trend suggests that in finding a job, it’s no longer just who you know, it’s who you tweet.
“Now when companies hire you, they know you’re going to be an ambassador for the company,” said social media and career counselor Nance Rosen. “Who you have as your friends and how many people you have influence over have become a part of the vetting process.”
And that’s true “whether you’re an administrative assistant or a finance person,” said Rosen, chief executive of Pegasus Media World.
Rosen said her staff found hundreds of listings on jobs sites like Mon-ster.com and Career-Builder.com requiring some familiarity with social networks, either as a job skill or to keep abreast of job openings.
Most, like the Craigslist postings, were related to marketing or setting up a company’s social media presence.
One sales associate position on Craigslist came from a San Francisco firm that required no prior technology experience. But the post asked for a resume and a LinkedIn or Facebook profile because “we are looking for any information you feel would help reflect your qualification and interest in this role along with helping us get a feeling for who you are and why you would be a good match for this position.”
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