Twitter recruiting tips

Recruiters are getting ga-ga over twitter when it comes to recruiting. We just came across an article about how one company, Organic, is using twitter to lessen their reliance on job boards.

They started by: “We held a “Twitter Twaining” with our recruiters, introducing them to capabilities of the network, along with helpful accompanying apps and instruction on how to search for key talent. They ran with it, and in a short time, Twitter has become the anchor of Organic’s job-posting strategy.”

Postings on job boards now account for only one-quarter of their efforts. Of course it helps when 30% of their employees on on Twitter, but most giant conglomerates dont have the courage to encourage this kind of activity.

Here are their best twitter recruiting tips:

1. Create a branded company Twitter profile. Assign a key person — or automate tweets — to post jobs as they become available.

2. Don’t be a Twitter wallflower. Engage in conversation.

3. Create a protocol for your job Tweets. Consider searchability by using hash marks (#) around key words. Include a trackable URL.

4. Help your search by using a third-party tool such as TweetBeep.

5. Encourage your staff to retweet job openings by providing an incentive such as a referral bonus for candidates sourced through tweeting. (we love this one)

6. Don’t be a one-track tweeter. Be varied and creative in your approach. To keep it real and not boring or spamlike.

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twittering your jobs getting easier

First their was Twithire and now there’s Jobshouts.com, the latest way to get your jobs in the Twittersphere.

Employers can post their jobs for free; those jobs are then automatically “tweeted” to users on Twitter. Then those jobs can be found either by following JobShouts on Twitter, or by searching “jobs” or keywords found in posted job titles. Each job creator is carefully screened by a jobshouts.com team member. Jobshouts provides jobs in a variety of verticals to a targeted group of twitter followers & professionals.

So in addition to companies tweeting like our client Intel, these new free job boards are enabling recruiters to leverage social media without actually having to Tweet. It remains to be seen how many applicants you’ll get but it couldn’t hurt to try. Expect to see more of these mashups pop up this year.

Twitter your jobs

The twitter platform is fast becoming a distribution platform for individuals and companies alike. But have you ever thought about using it to drive traffic to your jobs? Intel has. They are our biggest client here at Jobs in Pods, and they have a twitter account where they post links to interesting jobs to the techies on twitter. With 2.3 million users (mostly techies, web junkies) its become a valuable way to promote, communicate and share.

With each twitter account you can add a link to your jobs page and upload your logo. You can even add background images for further branding. So pimp out your twitter profile and start tweeting your jobs.

a ‘Twitter’ job board

TwitHire.com is a new job board for users of the micro blogger tool Twitter. As far as social media goes, Twitter is on the cutting edge with more than 1 million users who are mostly techies and web geeks.

To use Twithire you need to have a twitter account. You dont post full job descriptions though. You enter your twitter id, choose a category and generate a key which links you to your twitter page where you enter the Job Title, Company name, Location and URL to the actual posting. Its a simple way to get your jobs in front of twitter users. And hey, its free! Jobs in Pods will now also be posting each of our jobcasts to Twithire for you.