Top 10 US Cities Where Twitter is Mentioned in Craigslist Jobs
Employers all around the world are wrestling with whether employees should be able to access Facebook and Twitter at work - but some businesses are explicitly requiring that job applicants feel comfortable using Twitter.
Just for fun we did a search across Craigslist job postings in some cities around the US to see how many listings mentioned Twitter in each location. The top city this month? New York City, with 196 jobs welcoming Twitter use. If you live in Bismarck, North Dakota though - no one on Craigslist is looking for Twitter users on the clock.
Mentions of Twitter
in Craigslist Job Postings
November 1st-18th, 2009
- New York City, NY: 196
- San Francisco, CA: 159
- Boston, MA: 115
- Seattle, WA: 50
- Chicago, IL: 50
- Portland, OR: 41
- LA, CA: 40
- Austin, TX: 26
- Dallas, TX: 17
- Phoenix, AZ: 11
- Houston, TX: 11
- Denver, CO: 6
- Philadelphia, PA: 4
- Boulder, CO: 2
- Zero in Bismarck, ND
None the less, it's a fun list and may say a rough something about social media adoption by businesses in different places. Businesses that are down with the internet are generally down with the Twitter, it's emblematic of adult social media use these days. Most of the jobs listed were for marketers who would broadcast over Twitter, but customer service jobs were well represented too. There's a whole world of business opportunity on Twitter that's based on listening, but that will take a while to catch on.
Of course not all of these are good jobs - would you want to be "a full-time, experienced social media expert" working for $10 an hour? How would you like to be a community manager for a company that's raised $6 million in high-profile venture capital? "This is a part time unpaid job for 3-4 months that could lead to a full time position. Around 20hrs per week, but must come every day to the office." Times are tough, but those positions are a far cry from what some top bloggers and social media consultants are making. There could be some real gems hidden in these listings, though, and it would be interesting to study rates of pay in social media by location.
Are there any secret enclaves we didn't think to look in? Let us know if your town is unlisted but has a substantial number of search results in the jobs section for Twitter this month.
In the mean-time, see you in Boston!
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New Orleans has 4 listings that mention twitter...
I have noticed that many web related job posts do mention (apart from other skills) twitter, facebook etc even in Canada. But all this social media optimization is at its primitive stages. Going forward, if we can get to show tangible ROI, we can hope that more jobs with decent pay will be created to leverage the emerging web trends.
I live in India and more than 80% of the people don't even know what twitter is. Those in the same industry are too uptight to accept twitter users and there might be only 10-20 companies where twitter is not blocked......man I hate this place :D - u guys should be the last ones to crib ;)
Interesting data set.
I looked up London (Twitter capital of the World). We don't use Craigslist as much over here as you do in the US. So there are only 10 listings on Criagslist.
However, on Reed.co.uk a more popular job board there are 35 listings with the word Twitter in them.
Charlie Osmond
FreshNetworks, Social Media.
I would say it is per the work environment or the nature of work that can decide whether facebook or twitter should be allowed at work or not. It can definitely be permitted for certain time like lunch time to be accessed.