Social Media, and Your Job Search, Gone Mobile

Whether you've got an iOS, Blackberry, or Android baed mobile device, social media is now fully accessible anytime, anyplace, right from that tiny device in your back pocket. Which means for you, job seekers, you can tap into job postings, communicate with companies, and build your online presence from wherever you are. There's several apps on my mobile devices that I've found essential to maintaining an online social presence, and there's some really great ways to tailor these apps to fascilitate an easy, effective online job search.

Hootsuite

Hootsuite is one of my favorite apps, simply because you can manage multiple Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and other accounts right from one application. You also have access to your lists and feeds, which if you're following a lot of people can help you sort through them. My advice for you job hunters out there would be to create a few lists- your favorite job hunt advice gurus, companies you'd like to work for, accounts that push out job opportunity posts- and access them a few times a day, on your morning commute or your afternoon coffee break.

You can grab Hootsuite on your iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, and Android devices.

Twitter

While Hootsuite can manage most accounts on its own, I still really like having the Twitter app installed for those times where I just want to access tweets. The app also allows you to view your diect messages, see who's been following or retweeting you, and view the Discover section, one of my favorite features of the new Twitter. Using Discover, you can easily view and track trending topics, hashtags that interest you, and see who to follow. During your job search, monitoring those hashtags and direct messages can be imperative, so be sure and install Twitter as soon as you create your own account.

Twitter is available for iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone 7.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is the professional and career social network, so having access to it wherever you go is key to an effective job search. On the application, you'll be able to access your Feed, check up on your Groups, read messages in your inbox, search for colleagues and connections, and update your profile. Definitely not a replacement for the full, desktop experience, but definitely a great way to squeeze in some networking between those interviews and phone calls.

LinkedIn is available for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Palm devices.

Have you used any other mobile apps in your job search? Tell us in the comments.