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What are some of your Twitter successes for hiring, sourcing and/or networking? I have primarily used Twitter by following people and using relevant tweets to help me with my sourcing efforts. What ways are you guys using Twitter? Many of the people I am following are recruiters and it is candidates I want to reach the most with my tweets. It is difficult to search for people on Twitter by using their line of work in search criteria. What is everyone else doing?
Just looking for tips from others in the business.
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Holtz on -
I have to admit that I am not using twitter to its full potential. I am currently using it to help with my branding and pushing out the jobs I am sourcing for when I am searching.
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Permalink Reply by Jerry Albright on -
Twitter is worthless for candidate sourcing.
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Permalink Reply by Rayanne on -
Don't listen to him.. Twitter is a developing tool.
Jerry Albright said:Twitter is worthless for candidate sourcing.
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Permalink Reply by Rayanne on
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My greatest success with twitter has been from networking and from sourcing new products or services. It has been a great resource to get questions answered and to break the ice.
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Permalink Reply by Rob Kornblum on -
What's interesting about Twitter, imo, is that it is "asynchronous" meaning that I can follow you and your content without needing to know you or "friend" you. So it's a longer term audience builder in terms of establishing credibility and community. But, it can grow fast because of the ease of others forwarding your message (re-tweeting).
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Permalink Reply by C. B. Stalling!! on -
I have not had any. Started using a few months ago. It may take awhile but I am hoping....
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Permalink Reply by Jerry Albright on
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If you recruit IN the HR/SocialMedia/HotAir space then you've got a world of candidates just waiting to connect with you there.
If, on the other hand, you work in Engineering, Accounting, Health Care or any other world outside the "early adopter" crowd - your time is better spent in dozens of other areas. It's not a "gotta put your time in" type of thing. There is nothing there.
Twitter is worthless for recruiting.
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Permalink Reply by Rayanne on
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YOU are grumpy.
Jerry Albright said:If you recruit IN the HR/SocialMedia/HotAir space then you've got a world of candidates just waiting to connect with you there.
If, on the other hand, you work in Engineering, Accounting, Health Care or any other world outside the "early adopter" crowd - your time is better spent in dozens of other areas. It's not a "gotta put your time in" type of thing. There is nothing there.
Twitter is worthless for recruiting.
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Permalink Reply by jane blackmore on -
For me twitter is like any networking tool, you have to spend time on it, build up relationships online and when people trust you they will share their network. I talk to people and try and get to to know them on both a professional and business level. If we find common interest then I will try and help them in their business activity and hopefully vice versa. Stick at it I think we will see a lot of twitter recruitment in years to come.
Jane
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Holtz on
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I would have to disagree and agree with Jerry on this. I have seen will a few webinars on how to make twitter work for you, but it does take time. It allows you access to a lot of people with out really any need to know them at all. So I think Twitter is just like any other recruiting tool. If you use it correctly it can be worth it. But if you use it casually it will be just a waste of time.
Jerry Albright said:If you recruit IN the HR/SocialMedia/HotAir space then you've got a world of candidates just waiting to connect with you there.
If, on the other hand, you work in Engineering, Accounting, Health Care or any other world outside the "early adopter" crowd - your time is better spent in dozens of other areas. It's not a "gotta put your time in" type of thing. There is nothing there.
Twitter is worthless for recruiting.
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Permalink Reply by Scott Godbey on -
For me, Twitter is a great way to network and to make others aware of my company's brand. I haven't had much success utilizing Twitter as a sourcing tool.
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Permalink Reply by Sandra McCartt on -
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Ain't goin back. Time suck for anything but checking the weather or finding out that Maren fell out of bed. :)
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