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Hashtag Confidential: Everything Recruiters Need to know about Twitter
The document provides guidance on using Twitter for recruiting purposes. It discusses how to identify potential candidates on Twitter through hashtags, lists, and searches. It also offers tips on connecting with candidates, sourcing passive candidates, using Twitter for employer branding, and managing social media for recruiting. The overall focus is on leveraging Twitter's features to find and engage with talent.
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- 1. Carmen Hudson aka@Peopleshark I’ve been in this business since the mid-90s
- 2. What do wedo? We help companies recruit better Consulting • Strategy • Programs • Process • Systems • Branding • Coaching Custom Training • Recruiters • Hiring Managers/ Interviewers • Recruiting Managers Toolkits • Recruiters • Hiring Managers We are not a search firm, we don’t sell any products, and we don’t take commissions from vendors.
- 3. Who do wehelp? We partner with heads of HR/recruiting
- 4. Hashtag Confidential Everything RecruitersNeed to Know about twitter Carmen Hudson, Principal Consultant, Recruiting Toolbox Colorado Talent Recruitment Network | February 2014
- 5. Hashtag Confidential Everything RecruitersNeed to Know about Twitter • Identify target leads on Twitter; uncovering talent networks in Twitter Lists • How to use hashtags, retweets and DMs to reach your audience • Leverage free tools to increase results and productivity • How to dig deep to find information that enhances your approach to passive talent • How to find contact info and what to tweet, say, and write to become a Twitter darling • How to use Twitter for learning and career development
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- 12. Twitter is likehot yoga It’s a hot mess. But it’s good for you. Fear is rational • • • • • • • • • Privacy, Security Productivity “Controlling the message” Compliance What should I tweet about? What if I say the wrong thing? How do I tweet “professionally”? Who are these people following me? Porn-bots, spammers and evil-doers
- 13. Get Used toIt Communication is changing. Brevity, casual language and visual aids are valued over wordy, formal communications. “Linksters” think very differently about privacy, freedom of speech and information transparency.
- 14. Why Twitter isMy Jam 883 Million Users (252 M Active) Active and Inactive Profile Demographics Searchability Monthly U.S. Twitter visitors = 95M Real-Time
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- 16. The Twitter ProfilePage A 3-minute tour
- 17. Hashtags, ReTweets andDMs Becoming Relevant on Twitter Warning: Don’t overuse • Hashtags • Funny, ironic: #droppedmyiphoneagain • Searchable: #jobs • Hybrid: #howseattleriots • Try: #Powerboost2014 • ReTweets • How content is shared • Give credit • Get attention • DMs (Private messages) • Only for friends, unless you are a spammer
- 18. Twitter for Recruiting Don’tforget to follow @PeopleShark Please don’t post and pray • • • • • Employer branding Source profiles, lists and timelines Targeted Advertising Lurk, listen and learn Connect with potential candidates, industry luminaries and colleagues
- 19. They’re doing itright CH2MHill mixes it up
- 20. Twitter for EmployerBranding Fly your freak flag! • Post featured jobs creatively • Don’t forget multimedia • Inform – think beyond your careers site • Learn and engage – your followers will read new, funny, personal or compelling content
- 21. Twitter for Sourcing Twitteris a Boolean nerd’s dream!
- 22. Twitter for Sourcing TacticsHRis a nifty tool for searching Twitter
- 23. Twitter for Sourcing SometimesI use Google, sometimes I use Bing My favorite Twitter Searches: • site:twitter.com tweets ("software developer" | "software engineer") (ebay | dropbox | yahoo) (san francisco) -intitle:jobs –recruiter • site:twitter.com AND inurl:lists AND intitle:(employees | team) AND inurl:intuit
- 24. Twitter for Sourcing Flyyour freak flag! Finding Contact Info • Use Social Aggregators • Connectifier • Falcon.io • Rapportive • Namechk
- 25. Connect with Candidates Findand follow experts, use lists to organize MEETUP Meetups are informal gatherings organized around topic, profession, or event. Search for group members or consider sponsoring a meetup. QUORA Quora is a Q&A site edited and organized by users. The site has over 500,000 registered users. HIGHLIGHT Highlight is a gpsenabled mobile app that allows you to see who’s nearby. SLIDESHARE 16 Million users upload presentations to slideshare – find experts on any topic, follow brands, share documents.
- 26. Managing Social Media Hootsuiteallows scheduled tweets, tracking and more
- 27. Thank You forInviting Me! Happy Tweeting! Email carmen@recruitingtoolbox.com Website www.recruitingtoolbox.com Twitter @Peopleshark @recruittoolbox @Talent42 LinkedIn in/carmenhudson Talent42 June 17-18 in Seattle @Talent42 www.talent42.com
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- #14 There are over 510 million twitter users. (source: All Twitter)32 percent of all internet users are using Twitter. (source: Marketing Land)In 2012, 1 million accounts are added to Twitter everyday. (source: Infographics Labs)11 accounts are created every second on Twitter. (source: Infographics Labs)There are 175 million tweets sent from Twitter every day in 2012. (source: Infographics Labs)The average user follows (or is followed by) 51 people. (source: Diego Basch’s Blog)Top 3 countries on Twitter are the USA at 107 million, Brazil 33 million and Japan at nearly 30 million. (source: Jeff Bullas)34% of job seekers use Twitter to help find work; up from 26% in 2011. (source: jobvite)69 percent of follows on Twitter are suggested by friends. (source: Web Analytics World)11% had a contact share a job on Twitter. (source: jobvite)26 percent of retweets are incited by a request to retweet. (source: Web Analytics World)10% jobseekers searched for jobs on Twitter. (source: jobvite)55% of Twitter users are 35 or older, The average Twitter user is 37.3 years old. (source: pingdom)67% of Twitter-using job seekers are male, 69% are under the age of 40, 46% earn more than $75,000 and 44% are college graduates. (source: jobvite)50 percent of Twitter users are using the social network via mobile. (source: Microsoft)
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