Comment by C. B. Stalling!! on September 15, 2011 at 11:14am

It might it is a tool, but nothing beats the phone  

Comment by Helen Burbank (Appleby) on September 15, 2011 at 11:28am

Wow that is a really cool site. I agree that nothing beats the phone when dealing with partners, but to reach out to potential candidates this is an interesting way to manipulate twitter.

Comment by Tim Spagnola on September 15, 2011 at 11:32am

I agree Helen & C.B. phone is end all for me as well, but the guys a TwitJobSearch do have a nifty little tool. The mind behind the tool is also the creator of the Social CV- another very cool tool.

Comment by Jon Terry on September 15, 2011 at 2:12pm

I think it may work well for people involved with mass recruitment whose target audience might be engaged by twitter.

I have serious doubts that my client base (senior level HR professionals) are really using twitter to find themselves a job.

It has its uses but it is just one of many tools available to me as a recruiter.

Comment by Tim Spagnola on September 15, 2011 at 7:49pm

I agree with you Jon. I shared a few more thoughts on Twitter on jeffreytmoore's post from last week. I have not made a placement from a tweet, but at times it still serves it's purpose.

Comment by Ron Kubitz on September 16, 2011 at 11:16am

I agree that it is one tool amongst many! That being said I regularly tweet my jobs (link to company website) and have had two hires this year as a result of a job first being seen on Twitter. One was a direct follower who saw the tweet and another was from a candidate who saw a "retweet" from another party who followed me!

 

It is all about exposure and driving traffic to your website and Twitter certainly helps in that effort!

Comment by jeffreytmoore on September 16, 2011 at 11:39am

Twitter is great for learning and networking in my experience.  Definitely nothing beats the phone but I've had a lot of success meeting new people via Twitter and then using more standard networking/recruiting strategies once I "meet" someone via Twitter

Comment by Sandra McCartt on September 16, 2011 at 2:47pm

Twitter just notified me that there is a major fire near downtown with rail cars of gas on one end and cars full of anhydrous ammonia on the other end. Hazmat is on the way all the way from Ft Worth and lots of folks are being evacuated from the center of city. As to recruiting , not in my world unless one of clients or candidates gets blown up. I don't lose many that way but it could happen.

Comment by Sylvia Dahlby on September 16, 2011 at 7:08pm

Twitter is a great way to warm up a cold call.

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