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Want a Job at Best Buy? Better Have 250 Twitter Followers

Explore the unique requirements for the Senior Manager-Emerging Media Marketing role at Best Buy, including a Twitter follower benchmark.

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Job hunters, maybe you should be building your Twitter network instead of your resume—at least if you're interested in the position of Senior Manager-Emerging Media Marketing at Best Buy. The electronics giant reportedly listed "at least 250 Twitter followers" among the requirements for the position. The Telegraphreports:

According to the advertisement, the chosen candidate would be "the primary lead for the Best Buy's mobile, social, and video marketing & media efforts to drive in-store and online sales, create sustainable word of mouth evangelists, and brand loyalists." Basic requirements for the job included a Bachelors degree, two years of mobile or social media marketing experience, four years [of] people or resource leadership experience and one year of active blogging experience.

The job opening, which was at the company's Minnesota headquarters, appears to have been filled. But because companies increasingly look for candidates with good social networking skills, it's a good bet ...

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