It is time for corporations, including the government to catch up with technology. I agree with the author, if the job would have been called "Marketing Coordinator" instead of "Social Media Coordinator" no one would have complained. To those biddies who are complaining... quit your whining! If they were adept in social networking they'd be the first to apply for the job. It is simply their lack of knowledge that's creating all the fuss.
kmitchell
· 7 months ago
If I had the budget, I would love to hire a social media coordinator.
Stacey
· 7 months ago
Chances are you can get someone really good in this economy because a lot of highly qualified people are looking for work and are willing to work for less, even if it's just temporarily. Look first.
DBK
· 7 months ago
70 K a year isn't bad for being on twitter and facebook 24/7! because I already am!
HMMM.... intersting...
Funny post! thanks for sharing!
Timothy Sykes
· 7 months ago
ha i do the same job and make 10x that and its just the beginning...feature more internet money makers instead of money losers like hurley/rose
hickhamt
· 3 months ago
Tim, can you email me please. hickhamt at gmail .. i want to ask you a question or two if you dont mind. thanks so much!!
Tony
paramita
· 7 months ago
Let's say $60K/year means $5K/month. Not bad at all if all I have to do is just sit in front my computer & get busy with my facebook and twitter... :-)
palta
· 7 months ago
I'm sure there will be a lot of applicants after this post!
There is a winery in my area doing the same think. A six month contract to be their "social network guru" for 10K per month... Yes you're reading that correctly 60K for a six month contract. Hey - I've applied...
Stacey
· 7 months ago
Hell, I would too. Good on you!
ack
· 7 months ago
The state is spelled Oregon. It is pronounced Or-ee-gun (not Or-ee-gone or R-ee-gone).
Minimum qualifications include (from the job listing site): Experience: Five years of increasingly responsible public affairs or public information experience, including some experience dealing with a legislative body.
Training: Equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Journalism, English, Communications, or a closely related field.
Application requirements: Please provide a written elevator pitch (500 words or less) on why you are the person we’ve described. Also, submit a résumé, three writing samples, one video you’ve produced, and an example of a social media campaign or site you’ve developed.
It's clearly more than just Twitter or FB.
Daniel Miessler
· 7 months ago
Most anything you have to do for money, if it's limited in scope, will morph from a blessing to a curse pretty quickly. Or, to put it another way, the best way to take something you love and reduce your love for it, is to force yourself it do it all day every day--under penalty of not having a paycheck.
David Recordon
· 7 months ago
I'm so happy that my state is awesome!
Aaron
· 7 months ago
were do i go to apply i live in israel tho?
Aaron
· 7 months ago
i want to apply but i live in israel is that a prob>????
sal
· 7 months ago
That doesn't look any different to me than hundreds of ads for SEO/SEM/SMM jobs I've seen. Hell I've even got one of them! In reality I spent most of my time looking up keywords and search trends on insurance - and endlessly writing reports on them :-/
Dreamtime
· 7 months ago
Where are the UK & EU Dreamjobs that pay 70K for using Facebook and Twitter?
Dreamtime
· 7 months ago
Where are the UK & EU jobs like this?
bsaunders
· 7 months ago
Twitter and Facebook are tools, like email and the phone. I know a few people who still don't know how to use the phone effectively! Yet you'd never see a job posting for "phone coordinator." Social media tools are just new enough that people don't quite know how to integrate them into their work to enhance what they are already doing. Hence all this drama.
Tolli
· 7 months ago
I like the way you said that! Thanks for spelling out for 'em!
TheJennTafur
· 7 months ago
Wow thank you.
12 years ago when I was hired by a media conglomerate I was essentially doing all of this but on email platforms and on AOL websites and other email platform websites.
My pay was so bad I had to live at home and I could barely afford anything. My transportation was not even paid for so I had to hitch a ride with one of my parents or take the subway and pray that the company's bus would pick me at the subway to get me to their office on time.
I could not take the financial strain so I went back to school. I've been on twitter for 2 years and on facebook and all these individuals I know want me to work with them but no one wants to pay so I decline.
Thank you so much for sharing that now people are getting hip and paying those of us who have these skills to use this platforms for a better cause.
Michael Kimsal
· 7 months ago
I guess it's a bit of a sensationalist headline to get readers, but they're not looking for someone to twitter for $70k. They're looking for a "social media coordinator" and they spell out that this person needs to be in Portland and be a good communicator. While it sounds much better to say "tweet for $70k!" there's no doubt much much more to this. You're basically going to be the digital frontman (or woman) for the county. As more and more people start to use social media, you're going to have to be 'on' all the time. Certainly I'm not saying they're expecting you to be living online 24/7, but the pull is going to be there to be answering questions, doing research, and posting far more hours than one might do in a 'traditional' job. From that perspective, $60k ("$60-$70k") for probably being 'online' 60 hours per week (rough estimate between full time in office plus 'off hours' via phone/blackberry/whatever) isn't all that great. No doubt exciting and fun for some people, but as someone else already mentioned, many times getting paid to do something you 'love' as a hobby ends up being miserable.
I really hope they find someone who is a good communications professional first and foremost with an interest in social media tools, rather than someone who's an SM geek who manages to pass themselves off as a PR-type.
Good luck Multnomah County - we'll all be watching!
Stacey
· 7 months ago
I'm not at all surprised that jobs like these are popping up. The truth is the government is behind the techonology power-curve and web communications is perferred choice of communicating in business, and the private sector. They will realize that the internet is not a fad and even though those social networking sites may not last forevever the in impact that they've had has changed the way people and business connect with each other.
Undercitizen
· 7 months ago
Well a lot of jobs are so dreamy , but i think this is really the most easy.
Tolli
· 7 months ago
Well, if you don't get the job, I am always looking for fresh new faces from FaceBook and fresh new Tweeple on Twitter to join my teamline at htpps://www.familyandfriends.com/start So if you tweet and spend time online, then why not? Thanks for your interest and hope to hear from you!
floreta
· 7 months ago
dangit i want this job!!! i used to live in multnomah county! and i still live in oregon..
*considers applying*
sportzbudz
· 7 months ago
LOL... if you look hard enough.. and are willing enough.. there's always a diamond in the rough (time that is)
Happy Tweets...
sal
· 7 months ago
the other thing that all those people that think this is a dream job haven't considered - you don't get to chat about Xbox games and sport and gigs all day on Twitter - it's like thinking you want to work in a call centre because you like to talk on the phone to your friends. You'll be asking and answering questions on waste disposal, parking, planning decisions etc etc.
Jessica Salgdo
· 7 months ago
WOW! I think that is a nice job to have, to bad I live too far away from Oregon and think will need more skills for that besides twitting every day.
@eulent
· 7 months ago
$70K for something I've already been doing? Sign me up - great article!
Nathan McIntyre
· 7 months ago
I think this is a great opportunity. What better way is there to communicate with the community then to become part of the community? Share ideas, notifications, and everything else. Someone once told me that you have to go to where you want to be not where you currently are. PDX is a Social Media city - Great move!
Mirek Polyniak
· 7 months ago
IMO it's a very diluted version of the best job in the world
Adam
· 7 months ago
Wow, that sounds like a sweet position...not sure I would relocate to Oregon though...wonder if telecommuting is an option?
Lauri
· 6 months ago
I am still learning how to use all of these communication sites which I am proud to say because the day we stop learning will be the day we stop living. Life is a learning experience. However, my point being since I have started , tinkering if you may, with Facebook and Twitter I have found and stayed in constant contact with lost childhood friends and very dearly missed family members. We are able to be together when we aren't able to be together and I am ever so grateful for that. I admire the sheer geniuses that have helped and continue progress and commend them. Thank you. Communication is not only the key to success but the key to progress. Righteous!
WiHire
· 6 months ago
An awesome new resource for finding jobs or hiring someone is a new online community, www.WiHire.com. WiHire is a free online community that helps people find and fill jobs by allowing users to broadcast their job information to their online networks. It is a known fact that most jobs are found and filled through personal networks, but still people continue to hunt for jobs on job boards that grow more impacted each day. WiHire helps users easily leverage existing networks like Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and Blogger to help get a job or fill an open position. This service promotes community involvement to help users and their friends find the right job or hire the right employee.
The founders said, "We wanted to do our part to help improve the economic situation so we are providing this pro-bono service to the public. WiHire is our gift to everyone that is struggling in these tough economic times."
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HMMM.... intersting...
Funny post!
thanks for sharing!
Tony
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The complete job listing can be found here: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/multnomah/defa...
Minimum qualifications include (from the job listing site): Experience: Five years of increasingly responsible public affairs or public information experience, including some experience dealing with a legislative body.
Training: Equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Journalism, English, Communications, or a closely related field.
Application requirements: Please provide a written elevator pitch (500 words or less) on why you are the person we’ve described. Also, submit a résumé, three writing samples, one video you’ve produced, and an example of a social media campaign or site you’ve developed.
It's clearly more than just Twitter or FB.
In reality I spent most of my time looking up keywords and search trends on insurance - and endlessly writing reports on them :-/
12 years ago when I was hired by a media conglomerate I was essentially doing all of this but on email platforms and on AOL websites and other email platform websites.
My pay was so bad I had to live at home and I could barely afford anything. My transportation was not even paid for so I had to hitch a ride with one of my parents or take the subway and pray that the company's bus would pick me at the subway to get me to their office on time.
I could not take the financial strain so I went back to school. I've been on twitter for 2 years and on facebook and all these individuals I know want me to work with them but no one wants to pay so I decline.
Thank you so much for sharing that now people are getting hip and paying those of us who have these skills to use this platforms for a better cause.
I really hope they find someone who is a good communications professional first and foremost with an interest in social media tools, rather than someone who's an SM geek who manages to pass themselves off as a PR-type.
Good luck Multnomah County - we'll all be watching!
So if you tweet and spend time online, then why not? Thanks for your interest and hope to hear from you!
*considers applying*
Happy Tweets...
The founders said, "We wanted to do our part to help improve the economic situation so we are providing this pro-bono service to the public. WiHire is our gift to everyone that is struggling in these tough economic times."
Check it out at www.wihire.com
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