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Got 250 Twitter Followers? Best Buy May Have Opening

It may be the first time social-networking popularity has been a job requirement

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(Newser) – For possibly the first time, an active Twitter following is a job requirement, the Telegraph reports. Best Buy asked that candidates for a senior marketing position at the company’s Minnesota headquarters have at least 250 followers for their Twitter pages. The posting also lists “1 year of active blogging experience” as a requirement, along with more conventional marketing experience.

A Best Buy store in Danvers, Mass.
A Best Buy store in Danvers, Mass.   (AP Photo)
Traffic backs up at a Best Buy store parking lot in Madison Heights, Mich., Nov. 28, 2008.
Traffic backs up at a Best Buy store parking lot in Madison Heights, Mich., Nov. 28, 2008.   (AP Photo)
In this screen shot taken from Twitter, one of a series of Twitter pages registered as names of key characters in James Joyce's
In this screen shot taken from Twitter, one of a series of Twitter pages registered as names of key characters in James Joyce's "Ulysses" is shown.   (Twitter)
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Mad
Jul 14, 09 6:06 PM CDT
This lowers my estimation of Best Buy's corporate intellect Reply
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Mr.C
Jul 14, 09 9:58 PM CDT
For a marketing position those are things that you should be into and experienced with. Reply
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ReadLessKnowMore
Jul 14, 09 10:05 PM CDT
That's marketing for ya. Reply
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Snarfeh
Jul 15, 09 12:00 PM CDT
I'm not sold and I don't buy it. Why would they want to hire a twit? Reply
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zentenai
Jul 15, 09 12:22 PM CDT
Look at it this way: a journalist has writing experience a 12-year-old with a Xanga page has blogging experience Reply
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