2. Today
• What’s the big deal?
• Ok, so how do I get started?
• How do I reach candidates on
twitter?
• What about spammers,
scammers, evildoers &
assassins?
7. • 500 Mm registered, 127 MM active
• 13% of internet users
• 59% Women
• 59% college degree
• 51% age 34+
• 54% mobile
• 36% tweet at least once a day
Source: Online MBA
14. What’s your objective?
• Listen, observe, learn, collect
intelligence
• Find candidates and prospects
• Promote your employer brand
• Participate fully, be part of the
conversation
• Post your jobs
15.
16. Following
• Be promiscuous
• Go outside of your industry and
interests
• Follow celebrities, ceos & other
notables
• Follow companies , organizations
& events
• Follow the 39%
17. followers
• Tweet interesting stuff and they
will come
• Follow and they will come
• The number of followers isn’t all
that important
• Cultivating the right audience is
important
• Search out and target potential
18. Do this, not that
• Use your name
• Don’t lock your account
• As a recruiter, combine the
personal and professional
• As a company, define your
identity or “voice”
• Authenticity, transparency,
19. tweets
• Multiple topics, personal and
professional
• Track Most productive times of
day
• Respond, make friends
• Give credit where credit is due
• Share, share, share
20. retweets
• Ensure that your tweets are
retweetable
• The auto retweet vs. the manual
retweet
• Add editorial comment
• Curate good content, check links
• Mind your manners, say thank
25. lists
• Create lists as a public service
• Create private lists to follow
candidates
• Explore lists to find groups of
candidates or prospects
• Conference or event lists
26.
27. hashtags
• Used to organize or categorize
tweets
• Great for searching and
connecting with specific
audiences
• Common job seeker hash tags
#jobs, #job, #cityname,
#positiontitle
29. Don’t be scurred
• Work with pr, marketing and legal
• Follow others, watch, observe,
ask questions
• Research, collect examples
• the spammers & pron bots might
follow you – it’s ok
• Unfollow, if it gets weird
30. Didn’t we learn our lesson in
the 90s?
Source: Globalspec Report: Social Media Use in the Industrial Sector
32. If it gets out of control,
tweet me
• @peopleshark
• @recruittoolbox
• carmen@recruitingtoolbox.com
• www.recruitingtoolbox.com
• www.linkedin.com/in/carmenhuds
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