For Twitter newbies … a Twitter hashtag is essentially a keyword or label following a “#” symbol that people post in their tweets to “tag” their messages in specific categories and/or make it more search-able for those seeking tweets on specific topics.

For job seekers, this is an excellent way to find job opportunities and job search tips for your resume, interviews, company contacts, etc.  Whether you are seeking career advice or job opportunities, developing your personal brand, taking the next step in your career or simply just want to keep track of news and updates from the career industry – use the hashtag method of searching on Twitter.

A couple of key points about hashtags before the list of 90 hashtags:

• A hashtag is not a source of tweets; it is a way to label (tag) tweets so they can be easily pulled together.
• It is important to use hashtags only when you add value to the topic; the the point in a hashtag is that Tweets are supposed to be more informative and relevant.
• A hashtag is nothing more than a character string inserted into a tweet, it’s something that you can search on – in Twitter:

1. Go to Twitter Search.
2. Search for a hashtag you want to track. Include the “#” in your search query. Here’s a search for #jobhunt
3. Keep that page open in a browser tab, and refresh it periodically to see the latest results. Or subscribe to the feed for your search in your feed reader, and check there occasionally for updates.

I use hashtags in my Twitter account;  while I have picked out a few from this list to use, here are 90 hashtags specific to job searching:

1. #areallygoodejob
2. #avoidthisjob
3. #benefits
4. #business
5. #candidate
6. #career_change
7. #career_coach
8. #career_evolution
9. #career_fair
10. #career_suicide
11. #careerchange
12. #careering
13. #careerism
14. #careers
15. #coaching
16. #compensation
17. #Consultant
18. #crealism
19. #creative
20. #CV
21. #dreamjob
22. #employee
23. #employer
24. #employer-branding
25. #employers
26. #employment
27. #employment_trends
28. #employment-counselor
29. #employments
30. #entrepreneur
31. #exec
32. #executive
33. #finance
34. #franchise
35. #freelance
36. #gettingthegig
37. #greenjobs
38. #happy_2_be_employed
39. #hireme
40. #hiring
41. #hired
42. #home-employment
43. #hotjobs
44. #hr
45. #humanresources
46. #internship
47. #interview
48. #interviews
49. #interviewing
50. #interviewmistake
51. #jobadvice
52. #jobangels
53. #jobhunt
54. #jobless
55. #joblisting
56. #jobposting
57. #jobposting
58. #jobs
59. #jobsearch
60. #jobsearching
61. #jobshouts
62. #jobtips
63. #laidoff
64. #management
65. #marketing
66. #needajob
67. #norestfortheself-employed
68. #pay
69. #personalbranding
70. #pre-employment
71. #recruiter
72. #recruiting
73. #recruitment
74. #resume
75. #resumes
76. #rtjobs
77. #sales
78. #salesjobs
79. #self-employed
80. #sustainable-employment
81. #thejobsguy
82. #too_much_work
83. #training
84. #tweetmyjobs
85. #unemployed
86. #unemployment
87. #wirelessjobs
88. #work-life
89. #work-life-balance
90. #WSJcareers

Where you can find about what hashtags people are using:

#hashtags.org is the first place to find most recent / popular hashtags.  The link also shows each hashtag popularity trend when you hover over.