Don’t Be a Twit – Use Twitter in Your Recruiting Strategy

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Busy recruiters are pulled in a million different directions with a landslide of communications by phone, email, meetings with hiring managers and candidates... And they have to keep up with social media to be competitive and have access to the top candidates


Adding a learning curve for one more technology or online tool requires some serious time management, right? Don’t be a Twit. You don’t have to stress about adding social media to your creative staffing solutions. Start small and add Twitter to your recruiting strategy.



Get Schooled in Tweets and Tweeting

Don’t let social media scare you. Get up to speed and quickly learn everything you can ukraine phone number library about this 140-character snappy micro communication tool. Use it as your social media school primer and get a good understanding of how you can use Twitter for recruiting and candidate sourcing.


Search out everything you can absorb about Twitter on the Internet.

Read current books about Twitter, including “Utlimate Guide to Twitter for Business” by Ted Prodromou, or “The Tao of Twitter” by Mark Schaefer and “Twitter Business Basics” by Lewis Love and Jade Matthews.

Use Twitter to source candidates, shout out about your openings, and compete for candidates with the people who want the same top candidates you do.



There’s an App for That

Seems like everyone’s on Twitter, from celebrities to fans to politicians to the high school neighbor next door. But is it for busy recruiters? Yes! Do you have to worry about Twitter taking up all your time and attention to be useful in recruiting? No!