As we all know, the economy is still struggling, and although the IT sector is rebounding well, the developer job market has always been and continues to be somewhat finicky. The key is to have a steady stream of opportunities. This is one of the primary goals behind the SharePoint Developer Network- to make it easier for SharePoint developers to find jobs and other opportunities – not just through networking, but with a dedicated jobs board that is always up to date.
Admittedly, I’m relatively new to Twitter, but I recently saw the power of the Twitter platform at the recent SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. Simply by following @SPC09, people all around the world were able to receive up-to-the-minute accounts of nearly everything that was happening at the conference.
So I started thinking, “wouldn’t it be great if the SPDEVNET jobs board had job alerts that developers could subscribe to?” After a bit of research, I found that I could setup the SharePoint Developer Network site so that when new SharePoint jobs appear in the index, they can be immediately sent to Twitter. Now all you have to do is follow @SPDEVNET and new SharePoint job opportunities will magically appear on your favorite Twitter client as they come into the site.
Currently, the job tweets are sent for all jobs and are available to anyone with a Twitter account. It’s not perfect yet, but it’s a start. I’m now looking into ways to setup a more customizable subscription mechanism, so that members can filter their own personal alerts according to category, geographic region, etc.
Enjoy.
