Sourcing Candidates Using Twitter and Google+

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The Sourcecon webinar slides delivered by Andy Headworth from http://sironaconsulting.com/ on 22nd October 2014. It is about using Twitter and Google Plus to source candidates. It covers sourcing individuals on both Google+ and Twitter as well as sourcing candidates from Communities and Twitter Lists.

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Sourcing  Candidates  Using  Twi3er  and  Google+  

Presented  by    Andy  Headworth  Sirona  Consul6ng  

Sourcecon  Webinar    22nd  October  2014  

Problem  

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Use  be@er  resolu6on  

Challenge  

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271  million  monthly  ac=ve  users    

1  billion  total  users  

540  million  ac=ve  users    

1.6  billion  total  users  

54%  of  internet  users  have  a  Google+  account  

Source:  GlobalWebIndex   Source:  Twi@er  

Who  doesn’t  have  a  Twi3er  account?  

Solu6on  

1. Make  yourself  presentable  

2.  Show  and  tell  3.  Know  what  you  are  

looking  for  (#keysyn)  

Are  you  good  to  go?  

Andy  Headworth    

Works  at  Sirona  Consul6ng  Ltd  A@ended  Worthing  College  

Lives  in  Worthing,  West  Sussex,  UK  1,721  followers|181,090  views  

What  can  you  search  for?  

Andy  Headworth    

Works  at  Sirona  Consul6ng  Ltd  A@ended  Worthing  College  

Lives  in  Worthing,  West  Sussex,  UK  1,721  followers|181,090  views  

 Where  they  work    University/College    Loca6on    Communi6es    Keywords    Skills    Job  6tles        

What  Can  You  Search  For?  

Before  you  start,  set  up  your  circles  à  your  talent  circles/pipeline  

Before  you  start,  set  up  your  circles  à  your  talent  circles/pipeline  

1.  Searching  via  Google+  

sofware  engineer    Spo6fy  New  York  

1.  Searching  via  Google+  

sofware  engineer    Spo6fy  New  York  

Used  to  work  at  Spo6fy  

1.  Searching  via  Google+  

sofware  engineer    Spo6fy  New  York  

Used  to  work  at  Spo6fy  

2.  Searching  via  Google  

site:plus.google.com  inurl:about  “lives  in  new  york”  “sofware  engineer”  “works  at  spo6fy”  

2.  Searching  via  Google  

site:plus.google.com  inurl:about  “lives  *  new  york”  “sofware  engineer”  “works  at  spo6fy”  

Then  do  two  things….  

Then  do  two  things….  

Then  do  two  things….  

Check  their  About  profiles  for  all  their  other  social  networks  where  you  could  contact  them    You  might  even  be  lucky  and  get  their  email  and  phone  number  

Plenty  of  variety…  

Plenty  of  variety…  

Plenty  of  variety…  

Then  are  the  Communi6es  

Open  searchable  communi6es  

Then  are  the  Communi6es  

Open  searchable  communi6es  

The  Gmail  magic  starts  here…  

Remember  the  Circle  I  created  

The  Gmail  magic  starts  here…  

Remember  the  Circle  I  created  

Go  to  the  home  page  and  click  on  the  ‘share’  box.  

The  Gmail  magic  starts  here…  

Remember  the  Circle  I  created  

Go  to  the  home  page  and  click  on  the  ‘share’  box.  

An  email  straight  into  their  email  inbox,  for  FREE.  

Alumni  &  Company  employees  

Alumni  &  Company  employees  

Alumni  &  Company  employees  

‘Big  data’  Twi@er  style  

1.  6,000  tweets  are  tweeted  per  second.  2.  350,000  tweets  sent  per  minute  

3.  500  million  tweets  per  day  

4.  200  billion  tweets  per  year  5.  271  million  monthly  ac6ve  users    

‘Big  data’  Twi@er  style  

Q:  How  do  you  search  that  much  Twi@er  data?    A:  Not  easily!  Use  different  tools,  methods  and  be  persistent.    

1.  6,000  tweets  are  tweeted  per  second.  2.  350,000  tweets  sent  per  minute  

3.  500  million  tweets  per  day  

4.  200  billion  tweets  per  year  5.  271  million  monthly  ac6ve  users    

140  /  160  Character  homework  

1.  Keywords  2.  Job  6tles  3.  Synonyms  4.  Abbrevia6ons  5.  Anachronisms  6.  Geek  words  7.  Product  names  8.  Tools  used  9.  Language  used  

 

I  always  start  with  Followerwonk  

The  140  character  challenge  

#KeySyn  

Searching  is  challenging  some6mes    

Use  the  pipes  |  

       Twi@er  for  Tweets,  lists  &  #’s  

       Twi@er  for  Tweets,  lists  &  #’s  

List  power  

List  power  

List  power  -­‐  ac6ons  

List  power  -­‐  ac6ons  

Take  it  to  Hootsuite  

Take  it  to  Hootsuite  

Take  it  to  Hootsuite  

Hootsuite  Boolean  

One  stream  I  use  is  (“andy  headworth”  OR  “sirona  consul6ng”    OR  sironaconsul6ng)  that  monitors  my  name  and  company  name  rather  than  just  the  @andyheadworth  on  the  men6ons.  

#’s  

#’s  

#’s  

Add  them  to  a  private  list  watch  –  monitor  -­‐  engage  

Always  be  ‘list  hun6ng’  

Exact  search  à  “    “  e.g.  “soMware  developer”  

Alternate  search  à  OR  e.g.  ios  OR  android  Inclusive  search  àAND  e.g.  ios  AND  android    

Remove  from  search  à  minus  e.g.  android  -­‐lollipop  

Tweets  to  person  à  to:username          (no  @)  

Tweets  from  person  à  from:username    (no  @)  

Tweets  in  a  loca=on  à  near:loca=on  More  specific  à  near:loca=on  within:5mi    

Search  between  2  datesà  since:2014-­‐10-­‐01  un=l:2014-­‐10-­‐20    

Tweets  with  links  à  filter:links    

Find  image  content  à  source:tumblr    source:instagram  source:flickr  

Advanced  Search  Tips   Top  |    All  

Now  you  have  found  them,  what  next?  (You  have  got  a  good  bio  and  you  have  shared  content  and  engaged  with  people  on  Twi;er  recently,  haven’t  you?)  

Now  you  have  found  them,  what  next?  (You  have  got  a  good  bio  and  you  have  shared  content  and  engaged  with  people  on  Twi;er  recently,  haven’t  you?)  

1.  Follow  them    2.  RT  or  @reply  (more  than  once)  3.  Add  to  one  of  your  Lists  

   4.  Be  social,  engage  5.  DM’s  –  don’t  be  a  dork!  6.  Carry  on  sharing  great  relevant  content  

 7.  Mul6ple  networks  (without  stalking)  8.  Build  before  you  need    9.  Humility  and  transparency  beats  arrogance  

 10. Offline  rela6onship    

Geyng  No6ced  

Engage  

Transi6on  

Rela6onship  

Note:  Even  if  you  have  an  ‘urgent’  requirement,  steps  1-­‐3  do  no  harm  before  you  reach  out  to  them  

Less  ‘Where’s  Wally’  And  More  People  Sourcing    

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