Monday, May 19, 2008
Twitter hiring
We’ve made our first hiring via Twitter. Liverpudlian Matt Watson joins us next month. He’s run a cracking blog for the last five years about his experiences as a student, most recently at Huddersfield University
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Congratulations to Matt!
I think this is proof (alongside your unsuccessful interviewees) that if you're the right person for PR you'll always find the right opportunities.
The people that ignore the tools of the trade are the people who are looking for the 'Ab Fab' vocation, and from what I've seen it doesn't and shouldn't exist.
I think this is proof (alongside your unsuccessful interviewees) that if you're the right person for PR you'll always find the right opportunities.
The people that ignore the tools of the trade are the people who are looking for the 'Ab Fab' vocation, and from what I've seen it doesn't and shouldn't exist.
Well done mate, makes sense as a way of recruiting with social media if you can't walk the walk for yourself what chance have you got of doing it for clients.
Nice one Matt and Wadds. We just made out first new hire via Twitter last week too.
It is a great way of meeting people through friend/ex-colleague's recommendations...and DM is good for getting short succinct references too!
Becks
It is a great way of meeting people through friend/ex-colleague's recommendations...and DM is good for getting short succinct references too!
Becks
Yes. Congrats to Matt! I think LinkedIn is also starting to become valuable for hiring too. Not only does it allow you find people with relevant skills and experience, but you can get feedback from people who actually worked with them in previous jobs. Powerful stuff. Recruitment 3.0 anybody?
Thanks guys! I'm looking forward to starting at Rainier :)
@escherman It would be great if LinkedIn displayed recent posts from your blog or twitter instead of simply linking to it. Also I wonder if the feedback on LinkedIn is less critical than traditional references since it's public.
@escherman It would be great if LinkedIn displayed recent posts from your blog or twitter instead of simply linking to it. Also I wonder if the feedback on LinkedIn is less critical than traditional references since it's public.
Some very encouraging words of advice there. As a recent PR graduate from Leeds Met I have keenly followed the latest trends and tools of the industry e.g. blogging, Facebook, twitter etc.
Similar to Matthew I have received warm responses from consultancies resulting in offers of work and placements. I look forward to this form of recruitment being more and more common and I feel we can sometimes learn more from web 2.0 than we can in the lecture theatre.
Perhaps it is time for degree courses to adapt and give students the skills employers want?
Similar to Matthew I have received warm responses from consultancies resulting in offers of work and placements. I look forward to this form of recruitment being more and more common and I feel we can sometimes learn more from web 2.0 than we can in the lecture theatre.
Perhaps it is time for degree courses to adapt and give students the skills employers want?
@Matthew I wouldn't be surprised if LinkedIn don't add something of that kind in the near future - they've been pretty savvy over the last 6 months in adding some very useful new features (RSS alert feeds, plus aggregating data at a company level).
In terms of feedback, I was thinking more that you can use LinkedIn to get trusted introductions to people who would have worked with a candidate previously ie once you are connected, your conversation is completely in private - I agree that there is a tendency for mutual backslapping on public recommendations - but I don't think that's where the real future power of LinkedIn lies.
In terms of feedback, I was thinking more that you can use LinkedIn to get trusted introductions to people who would have worked with a candidate previously ie once you are connected, your conversation is completely in private - I agree that there is a tendency for mutual backslapping on public recommendations - but I don't think that's where the real future power of LinkedIn lies.
This is a great story. I'm a Corporate Communications student here in Singapore and got internship offers via my blog as well. It's a great time to be into social media!
It's amazing how often the 'next big thing' in social networking seems utterly useless to start with but turns out to be almost infintely useful. Twitter seemed like a waste of time but it's got people together, got others out of jail and apparently, got people jobs. New uses pop up every day and for my fellow PR pals here's a new one: http://twitter.com/swhittle
This is a tweet along the lines of Response source but independent.
Have a good weekend!
This is a tweet along the lines of Response source but independent.
Have a good weekend!
Congrats Matt!!!From Mosnar Communications, Inc Public Relations Blog - AdAge Power150 List
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