Social Media 101 Recruiter Training - February 2014
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Social Recruiting 1.0 An Introduction To Social Media
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“The value of being connected and transparent is so high that the road bumps of privacy issues are much lower in actual experience than people’s fears.”
Reid Hoffman - Founder, LinkedIn
“What we have to do is deliver to people the best and freshest most relevant information possible. We think of Twitter not as a social network, but it's an information network. It tells people what they care about as it is happening in the world.” ~ Evan Williams, Co-Founder
A “micro-blogging” platform !Limited to 140 characters !645M+ active users !76% access via mobile !2B+ “tweets” per month !500M tweets per day !5,700 tweets every second
What Is Twitter?
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For personal reasons, such as … !Your (crazy) friends rave about it You have hobbies and outside interests You’d like to expand your network You seek a faster source of breaking news
!For professional reasons, such as …
!You’d like to meet interesting HR professionals You have best practices to share You’re seeking answers to questions Access to content, webinars, conferences, etc. Building your personal brand
…. ask yourself why you’re joining?
Before You Get Started…
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Step 1: Create your account !Step 2: Determine your name (i.e. twitter handle)
Pro Tip: Keep it short. Make it memorable You have 160 characters to include anything you’d like. Think of your bio as your Twitter resume
!!!!!!!!!!Step 3: Watch & learn. Don’t feel obligated to jump right in and
tweet.
Setting Up Your Account
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Mention: @[username] This is how you communicate directly with someone on Twitter It’s also how you see who’s been communicating with you
!!!Reply
Used to respond to an individual user’s tweets Simply click on the “Reply” button available after each tweet
!!!!Direct Messages (DM)
The private messaging platform of Twitter (not searchable) Only effective if both parties are following one another Referred to as “DM” or “DMing” someone
!!!Retweets
Used when you’d like to share someone’s tweet to your followers
The Basics
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Hashtags !A method of tagging a concept, theme
or event within a tweet, #[hashtag] !Conferences, Hashtags are a
great way to learn what’s being discussed/shared at any conference (i.e. the SHRM conference hashtag was “#SHRM13”)
!If clicked on, triggers a Twitter search
for all tweets containing that hashtag
Commonly used to drive community, affinity and collaboration
!Lists
!A means of organizing followers If clicked on, only shows the tweets for
those users Best way to follow hashtags, groups of
people on Twitter (i.e. SpaceX Staff), etc
Twitter 201
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Search & Sourcing
Use Klout to identify influencers
!Use hashtags to search content
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Be Authentic There is only one you so let yourself shine Attempt to achieve a balance between the
personal and professional Like email, tweets can be misinterpreted
without context. Be mindful of what you share and how it could be interpreted.
!Followers
Don’t feel obliged to follow everyone who follows you
Seek a balance in your following-to-follower ratio
Don’t be afraid to “unfollow” someone (for any reason)
!Take It Offline
Networking is a HUGE value of Twitter Locate fellow HR pros in your area Attend a Tweetup (local meetups , usually
at conferences/etc)
Networking Value
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LinkedInOver 259 million individual members and
over 2 million company pages !Every single Fortune 500 company has an
executive with a Linkedin profile !Over 80% of companies use Linkedin to
search or source for job candidates !38% visitors via mobile !Use ‘LinkedIn Today’ for industry articles &
info !Share business related articles &
information !Join Groups to network & learn about topics !Promote SpaceX !Update your profile, job seekers will be
researching us !Build you professional network
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Facebook1.19B+ global users !Users share 2.5B pieces of content each day !95% users login daily !If Facebook were a country, it would be 3rd largest in world !73% access through their mobile device !Average user has 130 confirmed friends !Tremendous potential for employment branding and job marketing/referrals
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FREE platform to create personalized homepage
!Link all your social
profiles !Provides analytics on visitors/clicks
about.me
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Quora !Foursquare !Instagram !Google+ !Pinterest !Many more
Other SM Platforms
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Recruiting, Sourcing & Networking !Seek Peer Advice and Review !Track Analysts, Pundits and Thought Leaders !Identify Local, National and Virtual Events !Build (and Monitor) Your Employer Brand !Access Surveys, Research and Benchmarks !Share Best Practices and Successes !Embrace New Industry Voices !Build your personal brand !Enjoy Free [Everything]!
Benefits for HR Pros
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If the prior slides didn’t convince you here’s a case study. This was originally built on 3 other presentations, which were shared by HR connections…within 1 hour of my ask for input. Social Media allows easy and efficient access to knowledge you may not possess. Social Media works…
Why Use Social Media?
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Questions?
Lars Schmidt!Founder, Amplify Talent [email protected] @ThisIsLars
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