Twitter Successes - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T10:37:01Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/forum/topics/twitter-successes?commentId=502551%3AComment%3A1098925&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI am a healthcare recruiter a…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-02:502551:Comment:14577362011-11-02T19:20:25.594ZDorothyhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/Dorothy248
<p>I am a healthcare recruiter and found many great candidates using twitter. I have not hired any of them as of yet but they have provided me with referrals and re-tweeted the jobs that I post. It does take time but I think its worth it. The most important thing is that I enjoy tweeting so that helps :)<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jerry Albright said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.recruitingblogs.com/forum/topics/twitter-successes#502551Comment1069265"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">If you…</div>
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<p>I am a healthcare recruiter and found many great candidates using twitter. I have not hired any of them as of yet but they have provided me with referrals and re-tweeted the jobs that I post. It does take time but I think its worth it. The most important thing is that I enjoy tweeting so that helps :)<br/> <br/>
<cite>Jerry Albright said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.recruitingblogs.com/forum/topics/twitter-successes#502551Comment1069265"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">If you recruit IN the HR/SocialMedia/HotAir space then you've got a world of candidates just waiting to connect with you there.<br/> <br/>
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.<br/>
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</blockquote> The jury is out on Twitter fo…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-09-29:502551:Comment:14280532011-09-29T08:09:51.898ZJon Terryhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/JonTerry
<p>The jury is out on Twitter for me.</p>
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<p>I know that I <span style="text-decoration: underline;">should</span> be able to source candidates on it and I am starting to find the right "communities" to do so. However the people that I am looking to engage with don't appear to be on Twitter to find a job, they are on Twitter to have some fun and talk about where they are going to go for a beer after work.</p>
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<p>I am led to believe that you should approach sourcing candidates…</p>
<p>The jury is out on Twitter for me.</p>
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<p>I know that I <span style="text-decoration: underline;">should</span> be able to source candidates on it and I am starting to find the right "communities" to do so. However the people that I am looking to engage with don't appear to be on Twitter to find a job, they are on Twitter to have some fun and talk about where they are going to go for a beer after work.</p>
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<p>I am led to believe that you should approach sourcing candidates as a "long game" and you need to put the work in for a while before you get anything out of it. If this is the case then you may well want to take Jerry's approach and ignore it and get on with your real job and source candidates other ways. You would not be wrong to do so despite what the Twitter evangelists say. I guess the thing to do is find a balance that works for you.</p>
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<p>I do think Twitter is however a good way to promote your business and market know how to the wide public in a cheap and cost effective manner</p>
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<p>By the way.... I'm @JonTerryWS on twitter if anyone wants to follow me!</p> Regarding the OP's question:…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-09-28:502551:Comment:14277202011-09-28T15:05:03.868ZBen Tovarhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/btovar
<p>Regarding the OP's question:</p>
<blockquote><p>What are some of your Twitter successes for hiring, sourcing and/or networking?</p>
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<p><strong>Hiring;</strong> not in the sense of a placement of a candidate, directly at least, but in the sense that we gained a client who is in the construction equipment industry and is also active on Twitter and other social media sites. When they saw that we are active and "with it", that combined with other factors, gained us favor in their…</p>
<p>Regarding the OP's question:</p>
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<p><strong>Hiring;</strong> not in the sense of a placement of a candidate, directly at least, but in the sense that we gained a client who is in the construction equipment industry and is also active on Twitter and other social media sites. When they saw that we are active and "with it", that combined with other factors, gained us favor in their site, and started our relationship. This, no doubt, is how other client relationships are beginning for us, due in large part to their participation on Twitter and other social media sites truly taking off.</p>
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<p><strong>Sourcing;</strong> We conducted a search for a company in the Wind Energy industry who required that candidates have a strong background in Aerospace Engineering among other things. Thanks to a boolean string I learned from Irina Shamaeva, I was able to find well over 100 decent candidates on Twitter based on the info in their Bio's.</p>
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<p><strong>Networking;</strong> Although the majority of companies who serve our niche, the Construction Equipment Industry, have taken longer to adopt technologies such as social networking, etc, we have started to see some very positive growth both in networking on Twitter and especially on LinkedIn where a lot of professionals are seeing success in putting themselves out there and increasing their participation on these sites.</p>
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<p>Now, the hundreds (if not more) of relationships we've established with contacts in the industry, over the years, are starting to trickle into our Twitter network, seeing it as a viable source of job security for them.</p> Ginger - I have used this htt…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-08-26:502551:Comment:13548372011-08-26T00:44:46.392ZPravin Kevinhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/PravinKevin
Ginger - I have used this <a href="https://twitter.com/#" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#</a>!/search-home and got some success. Play with it.<br/>
Ginger - I have used this <a href="https://twitter.com/#" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#</a>!/search-home and got some success. Play with it.<br/> twitter works Dennis, It take…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-10-14:502551:Comment:10989272010-10-14T18:46:04.750ZTargetRecruithttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ReenaGupta
twitter works Dennis, It takes time though job portal is fr a selective search , i understand , but to get your message in a viral mode there is nothing better than twitter if you have the right followers in your network. Not to forget its VFM quotient than job portals
twitter works Dennis, It takes time though job portal is fr a selective search , i understand , but to get your message in a viral mode there is nothing better than twitter if you have the right followers in your network. Not to forget its VFM quotient than job portals I use twitter by following th…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-10-14:502551:Comment:10989252010-10-14T18:44:18.514ZTargetRecruithttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ReenaGupta
I use twitter by following the hash tags and the people following people, has helped me a lot in branding my product and generating a sizable revenue component from it, However the key to success in twitter lies in instant messaging as tweets have a bad tendency of being buried over other tweets that appear, (Cant be selective) on that.<br />
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The best suggestion else is to follow people within your network by having a look at their profile.
I use twitter by following the hash tags and the people following people, has helped me a lot in branding my product and generating a sizable revenue component from it, However the key to success in twitter lies in instant messaging as tweets have a bad tendency of being buried over other tweets that appear, (Cant be selective) on that.<br />
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The best suggestion else is to follow people within your network by having a look at their profile. it's waste of time..i would r…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-10-13:502551:Comment:10981982010-10-13T13:26:58.711ZDennishttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/Dennis45
it's waste of time..i would rather get into any other job portal and do a search..
it's waste of time..i would rather get into any other job portal and do a search.. Been there, done that, got th…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-09-08:502551:Comment:10747602010-09-08T23:06:40.320ZSandra McCartthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
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. :)
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. :) For me, Twitter is a great wa…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-09-08:502551:Comment:10742842010-09-08T13:41:24.582ZScott Godbeyhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ScottGodbey
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.
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. I would have to disagree and…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-09-07:502551:Comment:10728502010-09-07T12:30:29.771ZMatthew Holtzhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MatthewHoltz
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.<br />
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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.<br />
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<cite>Jerry Albright said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.recruitingblogs.com/forum/topics/twitter-successes?commentId=502551%3AComment%3A1071739&xg_source=msg_com_forum#502551Comment1069265"><div>If you recruit IN the HR/SocialMedia/HotAir space then you've got a world of candidates just waiting to connect with you there.<br/> <br/>
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.<br/>
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Twitter is worthless for recruiting.</div>
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