Below you will find answers to frequently asked questions about TweetMyJOBS. Please click on a link below to get started.
Job Seekers
- How does the service work?
- What is a Job Channel?
- What will you do with my info (e.g. my Twitter ID etc.)
- Are you part of Twitter?
- What is a Tweet?
- Why should I use this service to look for a job?
- What if I have a job?
- Can I forward job notifications to friends?
- How many job channels can I sign up for?
- What if I don’t have a cell phone?
- Can my job notification be sent to an email address?
- What is the cost?
- What if I want to stop receiving job notifications?
- What if I want to delete my account?
- What if I am not in the United States?
- How do I post a resume?
- How can I get employers to find me?
Job Posters
- How does the service work?
- My company has many jobs on its career board. How do I upload them to TweetMyJOBS.com?
- Are you part of Twitter?
- What will you do with my information?
- Why should I use your service?
- What makes you different?
- What is the cost?
- Can I resubmit postings?
- What if I want to remove a posting?
- How do I know if the service is helping me and my business?
- Does my company have to be in the United States?
- Why do the jobs have so many labels with a “#”?
- I posted a job on the wrong job channel. How do I fix it?
Technical Support
- I keep trying to subscribe to Job Channels, but the system tells me that my Twitter user id and password are not correct. What is wrong?
- I have subscribed to Job Channels, but I am not getting any new jobs sent to my cell phone.
- I am trying to subscribe to a Job Channel, but am getting the following message: “Could not follow user: This account is currently suspended and is being investigated due to strange activity.”.
- I want to subscribe to channels, but do not want text messages. How can I do that?
- How do I change my user name?
- I never got my activation code. How can I get it?
Job Seekers
How does the service work?
Job seekers instantly receive a text message when a company posts a new job on one of TweetMyJobs.com Job Channels. A job seeker can also post their resume, and it will be sent to Twitter.
What is a Job Channel?
A job channel is a specific Twitter account which only receives jobs for a given job type (industry) and location. We have over 110 locations worldwide and over 30 job types.
What will you do with my info (e.g. my Twitter ID etc.)
In a nutshell, nothing really. We don’t sell it or share it. It is only used to keep your account active and ensure you are able to receive messages via Twitter. Click here for our privacy policy.
Are you part of Twitter?
No. We are a separate company. We use Twitter as the platform to send the text messages for the jobs posted on our site.
What is a Tweet?
A tweet is simply a message posted on Twitter. It has to be 140 characters or less, since that’s the maximum length of a text message on your cell phone.
Why should I use this service to look for a job?
TweetMyJobs enables you to receive INSTANT notification on your cell phone when a job you may be interested is available. It also makes it very easy for you to get jobs only that you are interested in rather than having to find and follow possibly hundreds of company channels.
What if I have a job?
Good for you! However, it never hurts to look.
Can I forward job notifications to friends?
Please do! We have a refer-a-friend option. Your friends will thank you.
How many job channels can I sign up for?
As many as you would like to. It is up to you.
What if I don’t have a cell phone?
Not a problem. You can either find the jobs posted on your subscribed Job Channels in the Jobs tab at TweetMyJOBS, or on your message list at Twitter.
Can my job notification be sent to an email address?
Sure. By default, you will get a daily email with all the jobs tweeted in the last 24 hours for the Job Channels you follow.
What is the cost?
TweetMyJobs.com is FREE for job seekers. How cool is that? Check with your cell phone provider for text messaging charges.
What if I want to stop receiving job notifications?
Not a problem. Simply log into Twitter, click on “Following”, and for each "TMJ_" account you are following, click the drop-down next to the gear icon, and click the icon that looks like a little cellphone to turn off device notification for this account.
What if I want to delete my account?
We hate to see you go, but if you want us to delete your account, you can click the 'Delete Account' link on your Account tab.
What if I am not in the United States?
Check with your cell phone service provider. We have many users in other countries that are actively using the service.
How do I post a resume?
Click on “My Resume”, fill out what you would like in your Job Seeker profile, click “Next”, and you will then be able to upload a resume to TweetMyJOBS. However, in order to get your resume tweeted to Twitter, you need to click on “Tweet My Resume” after it is uploaded.
How can I get employers to find me?
Employers will have access to our resume database, so they can find you there, as well as on Twitter. Your resume tweet will have your title, some relevant hashtags, and a link back to TweetMyJOBS to display your full profile You can even ‘retweet’ your resume once every 24 hours to ensure that it stays close to the top of the list.
Job Posters
How does the service work?
We take the noise out of Twitter. We have built and manage 9,556 Vertical Job Channels on Twitter, which are industry and location specific. You can post a job on any one of the channels, and job seekers interested in that content will automatically get the job sent to their cell phone via Twitter.
My company has many jobs on its career board. How do I upload them to TweetMyJOBS.com?
We have built our sytem to get your job data every technical way feasible. XML, FTP, HTTP POST, ATS integration, scrape, smoke signals, we can do it all. Let us know how your data is stored, and we’ll be happy to work with you.
Are you part of Twitter?
No. We are a separate company. We use Twitter as the platform to send the text messages for the jobs posted on our site.
What will you do with my information?
In a nutshell, nothing really. We don’t sell it or share it. It is only used to keep your account active and ensure you are able to receive messages via Twitter. Click here for our privacy policy.
Why should I use your service?
Do you like to save money? Do you want to reach interested job candidates? Do you have jobs that need to be filled quickly? Do you want to be part of the Twitter explosion so job candidates know you are a hip and cool company but don’t want to spend a lot of time and resources figuring out how to do that? If you answered yes to any of these TweetMyJobs.com is perfect for you.
What makes you different?
We focus on two primary areas. First, jobs that need to be filled quickly and second, helping companies take advantage of the power of Twitter in a cost effectively and quickly.
What is the cost?
Depending on the number of jobs you have to post, you can either purchase job postings individually, or purchase one of our subscription plans. Please see our pricing page for more information.
Can I resubmit postings?
Yes. You can either re-tweet or, when the time period expires, post the job again.
What if I want to remove a posting?
In the “Post a Job” tab, simply click on the “Deactivate” button, and the posting will become inactive.
How do I know if the service is helping me and my business?
We keep track of all views by a job seeker, as well as all job referrals, and report that to you daily. We also keep track of ‘refer-a-friend’ referrals. We will soon have an “apply” feature, where job seekers can apply to your job directly from the TweetMyJOBS site.
Does my company have to be in the United States?
No. You can post jobs from anywhere in the world with internet access.
Why do the jobs have so many labels with a “#”?
Words on Twitter that have the “#” prefix are called Hashtags. They are keywords that enables searchability for messages that are related. We insert hashtags for the Job Category, Location, and TweetMyJOBS, which will get your job posting more visibility.
I posted a job on the wrong job channel. How do I fix it?
Simple. Deactivate the job by clicking the ‘minus’ sign next to the job. Then edit the job in the ‘inactive jobs’ list, select a new channel, and repost it by clicking the ‘plus’ sign next to the job.
Technical Support
I keep trying to subscribe to Job Channels, but the system tells me that my Twitter user id and password are not correct. What is wrong?
In order to subscribe to channels TweetMyJOBS, you need an active Twitter account created as well. Go to www.twitter.com, create an account, and then enter your Twitter Username and Password in your Account at www.tweetmyjobs.com. You will then be able to subscribe to channels.
I have subscribed to Job Channels, but I am not getting any new jobs sent to my cell phone.
You need to set up your cell phone as a Device at www.twitter.com. Go to Twitter, click on “Settings”, then “Devices”, and follow the instructions to configure your device. Once complete, you will need to unsubscribe from any Job Channels that you have subscribed to and then resubscribe, in order to let Twitter know that you want them sent to your cell phone. Please remember, your cell phone carrier may charge you for text messaging. Check with your provider for details.
I am trying to subscribe to a Job Channel, but am getting the following message: “Could not follow user: This account is currently suspended and is being investigated due to strange activity.”
There are some Job Channels that were flagged by Twitter as potential SPAM, which obviously we are not. We’ve made Twitter aware of this, and the suspensions should have been removed. If you get this message, please contact us so we can take care of it.
I want to subscribe to channels, but do not want text messages. How can I do that?
In order to turn off the text messaging for subscribed Job Channels, you need to go to www.twitter.com, click on “following”, and turn device notification off for each Job Channel you do not want to get notified for. You will still be able to view the job openings at TweetMyJOBS, as well as on Twitter.
How do I change my user name?
Your username can be changed in the Accounts tab. Your password can only be changed if you click ‘forgot password’ from the homepage before you log in.
I never got my activation code. How can I get it?
Contact us. We'll be happy to resend. However, check your spam folders first, since most likely spam software accidently flagged it as spam.
