3. TWITTER = SCREENING TOOL
Helps evaluate a candidate’s:
Communication style
Personal vs. professional
“You” vs. “u”
Involvement
Retweeting, conversations
Professionalism
Picture, Twitter handle, etc.
Overall personality/culture fit
4. ACCESS TO IMMEDIATE RED
FLAGS
Critic or creator
Collaborative, team player
Sharing confidential
information
Negative comments
5. EVALUATING WORK ETHIC
Subtle clues about job
applicant’s work ethic:
Positive personality and
organizational fit
Profile supported their qualifications
References from others on profiles
Extracurricular activities
6. Ask yourself:
Showing passion for their field?
Passing along useful articles?
Sharing original insights?
Are they curious?
Are they involved?
TO MAKE THE RIGHT HIRE
9. BUILDING YOUR PAGE…
Twitter Handle:
First, last name
Photo:
Headshot
Description section:
Title/position
Unique, appealing description of company
Link to company website
10. BUILDING A FOLLOWING
Need to build credible following
to be followed
Search for people, don’t wait to
be found
12. WHO TO FOLLOW?
Be strategic
Hiring managers/recruiters
can be direct sources to
candidates
Each connection is a
gateway to larger
applicant pool
13. TWEETING 101
Twitter gives hiring managers:
A free, public platform
Limitless space to share in real time:
Company news
Research/data
Jobs
14. MENTION
@mention contacts in tweets
Features your name on their
feeds, builds your credibility
Don’t bombard contacts with
quantity, aim for quality interactions
Everyone loves recognition
16. #USEHASHTAGS
Attracts the right people
Categorize your tweets to be
searchable
Depends on nature of the tweet
Company info, job posting, industry
news
Tweets with hash tags are 2X more
likely to have interaction
Use a maximum of 2 hash tags
17. INTERACTION
Retweet interesting industry
information
Be involved in relevant
conversations
Join chats
Initiate discussions
Pose & answer questions
18. TWEETING JOBS
140 characters job pitch
Be direct, concise
120 characters so nothing is cut
when retweeted
What’s sexy about the job?
Link to the full job description by
including a shortened link
19. PULL IN, DON’T PUSH OUT
Make tweets consistent, generate
followers organically
Don’t sporadically tweet only when
posting a job opening
Attract both passive, active job
seekers
Repeat tweets throughout the day
Best time to tweet?
Monday – Friday 9 am to 3 pm
Avoid posting:
After 8 pm Monday – Thursday
After 3 pm Friday
21. KEEP THEM FOLLOWING…
Keeping followers = keeping
referrals
Be engaged in conversations
Stay active
Tweet often, but not in bursts
Follow your followers
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Twitter is a source of information, but it’s not about only sharing information…it’s a crucial tool for gaining information
Twitter is great as a preliminary research tool to find general information about the candidate. How the candidate portrays themselves to the public is how they could potentially interact with your clients/staffYou can also see their interaction with others, do they interact in conversations? What types of conversations? Etc. Candidates level of professionalism (picture, Twitter handle, etc.) How active they are (retweeting, involvement in conversations) How they communicate (personal vs. professional tweets)Hobbies and overall personality traits
Critic or creatorBashing tweets or posting enlightening/thought-provoking tweetsCollaborative & teamplayerAre tweets all “I” “Me” or are they thanking others by @mentioning them or contributing success to othersHonest, loyal Didn't have something on their resume that they did online (or other way around)Negative comments About previous employers/staff/teachers/friends…anyone/anything
You can evaluate if the candidate would match with your organization’s work ethic
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STUDIES SHOW that According to a Jobvite survey, 34 percent of job seekers are using Twitter to seek employment
Build a sizable followingHiring managers shouldsearch for people instead of waiting for others to find them.
Visit search.twitter.com and search for people by specific industries, titles/positions, locations, etc., which could be the gateway to a larger applicant pool. You can see what’s trending Advanced search where you can drill down your queries in very specific ways, including searching within date ranges, looking for tweets from or to specific people, referencing specific people, or written in various languages, and more.
Be strategic in who they follow so that other followers can be redirected back to you. Consider who the audience of the person you wish to follow is, and ultimately who can be redirected to your account and follow you. Leaders in the field College career centerCollege alumni officeCompany Your customersYour business partners, suppliers, contractors and vendorsYour competitors or peersTrade organizations or professional organizations for your industryBusinesses in your neighborhoodBusinesses run by people you know (your professional network)
You’re tweeting today, to help fill a job next yearIt’s a marathon not sprint
Traditional way: Hitting retweet buttonTo make it more genuine, instead spend an extra minute to create a retweet with:RT @mention Short comment to personalize the tweetExample:Looking forward to it! RT @TomGimbel: Hosting #HiringViaTwitter @ Tribune Tower 9/24 at 10:30
Research shows that there is a 20 percent increase of interaction when there’s two or less hash tagsA few examples:#Resume or #Interview. These are common hash tags used by job seekers who have questions about the recruiting, interview, and hiring process who are actively seeking work.#Industry Keyword. For the pharmacy industry, using keywords like #pharma or #healthcare puts you in touch with a specific group of individuals, influencers and target audience in which to build a relationship, ask for candidate referrals, and potential candidates. Hash tags like this are self-imposed and created by the audience they serve. #JobHuntChat. There are many industry chats happening across the Twittersphere. One in particular is a chat in which I serve as co-moderator aimed at bringing job seekers, recruiters, and industry leaders together. Check out the Twitter Chat Directory for more information. #jobs. Companies use this hash tag to identify a job opening on Twitter. Job seekers then search for these posts, allowing them to better organize their job search. Look for job seekers who use this hash tag if they’ve had a bad day at work or are dipping their toe in the job search.
To participate in a Twitter chat, first find a chat of interest. Brands and organizations will almost always announce upcoming chats on their Twitter accounts in the days prior so the simplest way to find a chat is to follow accounts on Twitter that are in line with your interests and values.Twitter chats can be a simple way to find other people with whom you share an interest or industry. Twitter chats are simply a public conversation held on Twitter. open to anyone, held at designated times and are entirely threaded together by a common hashtagTo search for them, put the following in Twitter’s search box:"twitter chat" "twitter chat INSERT TOPIC OF INTEREST"
Being consistent and direct. Whether it’s a hiring manager’s personal page or the company account, make sure to dedicate one Twitter handle strictly for posting jobs. Tweets should be direct. There are only 140 characters to get your message across, so make every character count. Use the sites listed to shorten a link and copy/paste it into your tweetBitly .comGoogle URL Shortener (goo.gl/)Tinyurl.com
This contrasts with what a lot of companies do, which is wait for an opening to occur and 'push' out employment ads in order to attract job seekers. Pull in, don’t push outYou want to pull candidates in even when you're not actively searching for them by providing industry newsMake tweets consistent and generate followers organicallyMaintain presenceYou need to build a foundation so you're not viewed as just constantly recruiting and tweet relevant material that will essentially help your followers’ everyday lives. Don’t sporadically tweet only when posting jobsThis contrasts with what a lot of companies do, which is wait for an opening to occur and 'push' out employment ads in order to attract job seekers. Both passive, active job seekers
Goal is to be seen as an expert so that candidates follow you/the company, but also to be followed by industry leaders. Tweet latest articles, news, or research related to your field
Build a sizable following-Be engaged in the conversations of those you follow and grab their attention to ensure they follow you back.-Once a strong network is built, it’s more likely that job openings will be retweeted by followers, which will get the word out quicker about the position to a bigger audience.- It’s important that you do this because you don’t want your twitter page to become a job board…need to RT others, share industry info, be seen as a thought leader, etc.