Tweets About Jobs - Steve Jobs That Is
I had a different post planned for today, but around the end of the work day I noticed a bunch of people that I follow on Twitter tweeting and retweeting about Steve Jobs taking a medical leave of absence. Mashable posted and then updated about Steve Jobs taking a medical leave of absence. According to the post, Jobs wrote an e-mail to Apple employees explaining that his health issues are more complicated that he thought and that his health has become a distraction for people at Apple. Mashable’s update later added that Apple shares “have re-opened in after hours, trading around $79/share, down from a closing price of $85.33.”
Given that this is important news to Mac lovers, tech geeks and beyond, I’m not surprised that I saw so many tweets about it in such a short amount of time. I was curious who had picked up the story already in the mainstream. Around 4:30 p.m. (EST) I searched Google News to see what I could find. Not much. At 5:45 p.m., however, the story had already exploded. Google News shows that multiple stories are being posted per minute about Steve Jobs taking a leave of absence.
It is truly amazing how fast you can learn about stories that you are interested in just by having the right network of people online. I’m still trying to figure out how to harness this power to share knowledge about life after college, job searches and more. You don’t have to be a tech geek to benefit from things like Twitter. If you are a recent college graduate looking for housing, a job or just a good place to eat in a new town, try creating a Twitter account and searching for your town, career interests, etc. You might be surprised with how much you find.
You can follow me on Twitter @erin_stewart.
