TwitterJobSearch

I've been reading about this all week (mostly via Twitter of course) so maybe it's time I added my thoughts.

Twitter is now hugely popular even if not quite mainstream yet.  Twitter signups are increasing at a phenomenal rate and many firms are considering its recruitment applications (which I plan to write a bit more on another time).  Twitter does have its own search facility (which I have to admit I struggle with) but a specific tool which aggregates job postings makes sense.

So this week www.TwitterJobSearch.com went live.  It's basically a twitter job post aggregator.

Developed by Workhound (UK job search engine), "TwitterJobSearch assesses every post to identify the real job vacancies, conducts a number of checks and queries, then visits the destination website to fully assess the opportunity, adding in extra context to guarantee the vacancy appears in all the relevant searches a job seeker may make.

The TwitterJobSearch website presents every job vacancy posted onto Twitter via both search and category based browsing. Once a broad grouping of opportunities has been identified, the vacancies can be refined by location, job type, salary, skills and job title to create a tightly focused list of opportunities. Visitors to TwitterJobSearch can then choose to visit the original posting on Twitter, follow the profile that posted it, or simply go straight to the destination website to find out more and apply for the job."

It's had great feedback so far (they have a "buzz" page here: http://www.twitterjobsearch.com/static/buzz). 

I suspect that a major knock on effect of the launch will be more recruiters posting their vacancies on Twitter (I noticed Emma at Sky asking the twitosphere if she should have a twitter feed for job posts; YES!). 

The one question I had was around where Workhound will make their money.  The response, via their PR lovely Holly, is:

"TwitterJobSearch.com will be using the Google AdWords model to monetise the site.  It is free to have jobs listed, just post to Twitter and they get indexed. Organic search results are done on a relevancy basis. Sponsored Ads, however, are done on a relevancy + CPC basis. It is important to visitors that they are provided with the largest inventory of jobs, that advertising doesn't detract from the user experience and it’s also important to advertisers that they get qualified leads at the right ROI."

So there you have it.  If you are a jobseeker check it out.  If you are a recruiter, get posting those vacancies on Twitter!

 

Comments

[Chris Raw]

Twitterjobsearch was what prompted me to use twitter as a recruitment channel. This tool meant that you'd be a fool not to take advantage of the platform for recruitment purposes. Great post.

[Tim T]

I came across a website that use this system of Twitter for their Professional Recruitment Services. It seems a very good method of getting the posts out there particularly for jobs that are in the IT/Internet field

[Tim de Jardine]

Interesting Post Louise. I think that there is definately room for direct conversations between employers and candidates. Not simply posting jobs. Thats why we created TribeHQ.com. Would be interested in knowing your thoughts?

[Management Consultant Jobs]

Further to my Blog post before the Website I that uses twitter for job ads has also embraced other forms of social media such as twitter.