We have had some well read posts on The Wall of late talking about the use of social media in finding a new job. It is becoming ever more important. We asked whether your next CV would be an infographic and a little while later we answered that question for you ( Yes your next CV should definitely be an infographic) and we also talked about why you need a social CV.

So against that background its really interesting to see the Guardian Careers team come up with an idea to launch the a Twitter job challenge.

In a post on the Guardian Careers blog the #twitterjobchallenge is explained as a way “to use Twitter to find out which employers are really paying attention to jobseekers on social media and involve graduates in the process”.

It began by asking its graduate blogger Sara Barnard to pick some employers and convince them to give her a job via Twitter. It then opened it up to its followers and the wide social media world.

We’ve just set @saramegan a #TwitterJobChallenge: Try to convince your top five employers to give you a job using Twitter. Want to play too?

Actually, although I’ve used 400-odd words to explain it, that’s it. Try to convince an employer, your top employer if you like, to give you a job using Twitter. And share your experiences with us, of course.

You can also keep up with how the challenge develops by signing up for our weekly newsletter. We’ll be posting updates via that too.

It is going to be really informative to see how this pans out. I imagine recruitment via social media (and Twitter specifically) is still a real challenge. Many brands are not listening at the most basic of levels and so to expect HR to be listening could be a stretch.

But things are changing and the right kind of employer (a digitally switched on or digitally based business) should definitely be listening.

In my Twitter stream I see more an more jobs tweeted and retweeted, but it is not always clear where the process originated.

Do people out there have any experiences, examples or stories to tell?