Using Twitter to share a resume with followers or a particular contact is happening more and more among DoYouBuzz users. While it might seem like a no-brainer, it is important to take a look at best practices for using Twitter to get the professional you out there.

We created @TheyBuzz to share resumes tweeted by our users. Our goal is to create a steady stream of professionals and assist you in reaching a larger, interested audience. Here are a few guidelines and tips for using Twitter for job searching and career management.

How employers are using Twitter for recruiting

Distributing job descriptions

It’s simple: By following a company, you can receive real time information about open positions. Companies are using Twitter at a rapidly increasing rate for recruiting purposes, in part because they know that their followers are, in theory, interested in their company. They look to their followers to share their open positions and increase their reach to potential applicants.

Dedicated job tweet distribution services

In addition to following targeted companies, there are several services that will send job tweets directly to your Twitter account. These services typically require you to create a profile by selecting relevant industries and locations. After that, you will simple see job tweets arrive in your stream as they become available.

Hear are a few resources to get you on your way:

• Tweetajob
• Tweetmyjob
• MediaBistro (media related jobs)
• Elance Jobs (freelance opportunities in programming, marketing, design, etc.)

Job search engines on Twitter

These search engines allow you to find jobs published on Twitter. While their results may not be as targeted as going directly to specific publications and Twitter accounts, they do a good job of sweeping Twitter for job offers that might be missed otherwise. TwitJobSearch is a good place to start.

Twitter as a communications platform for professionals

All of the tools mentioned above present exciting and emerging opportunities, but most of the existing services really help employers get their jobs in front of an interested public. On the flipside, they do not necessarily help employers find great talent or assist professionals in getting their profiles in front of potential employers. That said, there are many excellent cases of individuals using a bit of creativity and common sense to promote themselves and land leads.

Just one example: The #hirefriday initiative is an organized space and time for professionals to share their uniqueness and qualifications (in 140 characters) with a focused audience of recruiters. The principal is simple and appears to be working!

Share professional availability

Back to the original idea. DoYouBuzz users regularly tweet their availability and a few (well-chosen) words about their profile. By including a link to their online resume, they make it easy for potential employers and recruiters to find them. Just like any network, professionals on DoYouBuzz are using their Twitter network as a potential lead generation tool. Especially if a professional takes time to build a valuable following, this type of self-promotion has a real chance of success.

A talent stream: @TheyBuzz

As of today, professionals lack an equivalent to Twitter job distribution services. We created a dedicated Twitter account, @TheyBuzz, where we retweet all tweets that include a DoYouBuzz resume. Our hope is that recruiters, potential employers and connectors of all sorts will follow the @TheyBuzz stream.

The objective is to provide you with increased visibility and give your network an extra boost. To be sure that we find your tweet, please use #doyoubuzz or @doyoubuzz in your tweet.

And just in case you do not follow us already, please join the conversation @doyoubuzz. We share job search and career advice, plus the occasional funny photo of the team.

One final tip. It is important that your tweets are professional and specific. Simply tweeting a link to your online resume or saying “Hire me!” is not going to cut it. For tips, read more here.