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.
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Mentions of Twitter in Craigslist Job PostingsNovember 1st-18th, 2009
New York City, NY: 196 San Francisco, CA: 159 Boston, MA: 115 Seattle, WA: 50 Chicago, IL: 50 LA, CA: 40 Austin, TX: 26 Dallas, TX: 17 Houston, TX: 14 Phoenix, AZ: 11 A few others. Full story...
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