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Over the past few years, employers have looked at potential employees’ presence on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter during the hiring process.  [http://www.careercast.com/career-news/improve-your-job-search-social-networking Veronica Fielding] writes, “It's becoming more common for recruiters and hiring managers to value a candidate's presence on popular social networks, in addition to traditional qualifications such as a strong resume and interview skills.”

[http://twitter.com Twitter] is known for its use of the [https://support.twitter.com/articles/49309-what-are-hashtags-symbols# hashtag], used in order to categorize the user’s message or connect it to relative subjects. Hashtags become especially important in order for members of a group to post similar material to a thread that is connected by a common hashtag. Communication then, becomes easier when elements such as subject hashtags are employed, making connections and visibility of posts easy among users. The most important aspect of Twitter is arguably conversation among users. The hashtag then, facilitates these conversations by linking users from all over the world with similar text subjects. Unique hashtags that narrow the focus of the message allow for those who use the same subject words or phrases to connect.