March 18, 2009 Where to find a job, and where *not* to tweet Play video

(NECN: Ted McEnroe) - With more and more people looking for work, a pair of sites are taking a new approach to helping job seekers and employers get together.

Twitter Job Search is pretty self-explanatory. It uses a twitter search to pull job listings from a number of Twitter streams for you. You enter the job and location you are looking for, and it comes back with results. While the technology isn't complicated, it's a reminder that more and more recruiters are using Twitter as a way to reach qualified candidates. A tweet works wonderfully to get out the basic information - and a URL attached takes job seekers to more information.

The site Jobaphiles has a different goal in mind - it wants to help you find college students for short-term or project work. It was founded by college students from Williams Collage and Brown University last year, and touts itself as a "job auction site". Employers post the project they have, and a maximum they are willing to pay. Then job seekers post their interest, their qualifications and their price for the work. The hiring person can then take all the prices and qualifications into account in making a decision.

It's good for employers who are looking for porject help - and for the job seeker, there is the chance to effectively take out an ad to tout their services, since the replies are posted publicly.

But while there are

great places to surf the web, or post updates on Twitter, the NBA locker room isn't one of them. Just ask former UConn and current Milwaukee Bucks star Charlie Villanueva.

At halftime of Sunday's game against the Celtics, Villanueva, who goes by the twitter name @cv31, posted: "In da locker room, snuck to post my twitt. We're playing the Celtics, tie ball game at da half. Coach wants more toughness. I gotta step up."

Well, Villanueva stepped up, scoring 19 points as the Bucks won. But the tweet during a game got some attention - and Bucks coach Scott Skiles wasn't a fan. Calling the locker room a private place, he pointedly told @cv31 to leave his tweets at home.

So yesterday, Villanueva told his legion of followers: "Well guys, no more halftime tweets for me - I'll leave it at that, won't comment on it any further. But I still got love for ya. Stay tune."

The incident has been a boost for Villanueva's Twitter cred, though. As of early Tuesday, when stories about the tweet started making the rounds, Villanueva has about 1,600 followers.

He's over 4,400 as of Wednesday morning - and climbing.