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What’s happening?. Learning how to use Twitter & TweetMyJOBS for Recruiting. Latest: TTRA. Let’s go!. Gary Zukowski, Founder, TweetMyJOBS.com April 8, 2010. Gary Zukowski. Charlotte since 1996 21 years of technology and business experience
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What’s happening? Learning how to use Twitter & TweetMyJOBS for Recruiting Latest: TTRA Let’s go! Gary Zukowski, Founder, TweetMyJOBS.com April 8, 2010
Gary Zukowski • Charlotte since 1996 • 21 years of technology and business experience • Started IT consulting firm EasySoft Solutions in 1996 • Founded TweetMyJOBS in March/2009
What is the framework for today? • Twitter – just what the heck is it? • Twitter for recruiting • Overview of TweetMyJOBS
Twitter • Micro-blogging platform • One-to-many communication • Instant messaging • Social Networking • Rapid growth • Real time search – Twitter, Google, Bing
Why would I want to use Twitter? "The Internet? We are not interested in it." - Bill Gates, 1993 "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977 “The Telephone? An amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one?” - Rutherford B. Hayes on the telephone, patented on 7 March 1876 “We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." - Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles,1962 Social Media is following the same growth curve that the Internet did in the ’90s
Who’s using Twitter? • 18-34 year olds 44% • 35-49 year olds 28% • 13-17 year olds 10% • $30-$60K 28% • $60-$100K 27% • > $100K 25% Source: Quantcast.com – 10/09
How Do I Use it for Recruiting • Monitor • Listening tools (TweetDeck, Tweetie, UberTwitter)
How Do I Use it for Recruiting • Monitor • Listening tools (TweetDeck, Tweetie, UberTwitter) • Engage • Share, participate, answer questions
How Do I Use it for Recruiting • Monitor • Listening tools (TweetDeck, Tweetie, UberTwitter) • Engage • Share, participate, answer questions • Follow (lists and people)
How Do I Use it for Recruiting • Monitor • Listening tools (TweetDeck, Tweetie, UberTwitter) • Engage • Share, participate, answer questions • Follow (lists and people) • Brand yourself • Background/profile • Post Jobs • Connect
So Where Does TweetMyJOBS Come In? • Founded 3/2009 • Largest Twitter job board in the world • Connects job seekers to employers, instantly & mobile • 8,800+ vertical job channels • Job tweet branding capability • Job post management on Twitter (add/delete/retweet) • Resume tweeting
What are the results so far? • 30,000 to 50,000 job tweets per day • 1.4 Million Job Tweets last 30 days • 230,000+ visits last month • 170,000 job clickthroughs/week • 180,000 followers • 1,800 registered companies • Success Stories
What’s the Big Deal? Before… Life withoutTweetMyJOBS @Sonyjobs 500 jobs 500 Tweets!
What’s the Big Deal? After... Life withTweetMyJOBS UK > London > Retail 500 jobs @Sonyjobs USA > NC> Charlotte > Sales 8,800+ Job Channels = TARGETED job tweets
Jobs also arrive on Smartphones… Logo Customizable hashtags for increased visibility on Twitter
We can automatically build followers for Recruiters Tweet gets retweeted from TMJ Account Links back to TMJ, ATS, or Corp Career Site Recruiter Twitter account is promoted
TweetMyJOBS Tweetmap • Full Google Maps Functionality • Only for subscribing customers • Jobseeker can filter by job type
You Can Tweet your Resume http://www.twitter.com/tweetmyresume
Summary • Build your Brand • Become an “expert” • Pay it forward • Twitter is an Augmentation, not a replacement • Use TweetMyJOBS for targeted posting
Thank You! Gary Zukowski garyz@tweetmyjobs.com @tweetmyjobs @GaryZukowski
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