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Recruitment Tweeters - part three

We've recently started a list of Recruitment Tweeters.  As Twitter usages is growing all the time, I've had requests from recruiters wanting to be added to the list.

Here are some UK Recruitment professionals who are using Twitter and are happy to be "followed":

gazgreen278
PanEight
TLPConsultancy
VixHungary
sfsilks
mervino
keithpotts
networx_recruit
TopJobsInLondon

If you missed my first two blog posts about this then you should also add those people:

alanwhitford
JobsScotland
IndigoAccount
CallCentreJobs1
BFurby_abrsjobs
mikeetaylor
languagejobs
jobsacuk
lisascales
SusannahC
mikemcclelland
stephenodonn
deansadler
alcartwright
jobsacuk
Bobdillon
Debbiesuckling
Jackievdean
Gillmking
Neil_jones
thomasshaw
Accite
BillBoorman
BlueSkyPR
cebux
EcoSearch
erecruitmentbud
followaaron
hrconnexions
Kaonix
LanguageJobsUK
louisetriance
LukeCollier
mattalder
MDangerfield
MichelleFF
prefio
stevierogers
SussexMatt
TheSourceress
ThomasAtkinson
TLPConsultancy
tonyrestell
ukrecruiter
Urps
wendyjacob

You can add them all in one go by using Twitterator (http://twitterator.org).

I will add to this post as I get more requests to be followed. So if you want to be on the next list please drop me an email (Louise@ukrecruiter.co.uk) or contact me via Twitter.

 

Twitter vs Blogs

A little while ago I posted on Twitter how bad I felt at my lack of blog activity.  I got a nice, sympathetic, response with a number of people saying they are having trouble finding the time to blog in recent weeks/months.  Mostly I think I'm blogging less as I'm more busy in other areas; focus on our guides, UK Recruiter Plus and other calls on my time (despite now having a team here my workload seems to have increased).  However, I do wonder if I blog less as I tweet more. 
 
Today I posted this on Twitter: is it just me? Whilst at my desk I'd much rather read an interview with someone than listen to an audio or watch a video.  It was prompted by seeing a link to a video interview between Mike Taylor and James Caan.  Previously I might have written a blog about the place of videos in learning and development for recruiters.  It might have included my thoughts on video CVs and I know I'd have felt I ought to dig out some stats on preferences for video vs audio vs written.  That would have taken me a good half hour to write (and then another 10 minutes to find an appropriate photo!).  It took me about 20 seconds to post it on Twitter.
 
If I'd have written this as a blog post I might have got a few comments.  My Twitter post got 6 immediate responses and a re-tweet (if you don't know what that is you ought to take a look at our Twitter guide!).  The problem is that it's not easy for me to now share those comments with you without cutting and pasting them here:
 
BraeScotland No I am the same .. I switch all the sounds off from all the office computers .. drives me mad!
Mr_Linkedin I would always vote for the video personally, followed by the audio - unless its something you have written of course Louise!
BillBoorman Thats your learning style. Good marketing delivers the same message written, audio, visual and demonstrated. One option e ...
grahambunting It's perhaps an indication that you have a preference for communication through the visual channel :-) I enjoy listening
SussexMatt I think it depends on the speaker but generally I'd rather read then watch/ listen, maybe we are just old media
WendyJacob In my lunchbreak at work yes - at home no.
 
(the issue of comments is something that Jason Alba recently mentioned in a blog post too)
 
The other problem is that of coverage and longevity.  I have 542 Twitter followers; I'm guessing the only people who will EVER see that tweet are those who were online in the 30 minutes or so following my post.  The blog gets around 4,000 unique visits a month.  Posts from it are picked up in Google searches and sometimes re-posted or linked to elsewhere. 
 
Finally, of course, no matter how succinct I am sometimes 140 characters just isn't enough.  I couldn't have managed a mini-slating of The Apprentice in less than the 980 characters I used.
 
For me the answer is going to be to continue to Tweet and Blog.  Although the only way to achieve the second goal may be to physically lock myself to my desk 4x a week for 30 minutes!

PS, you can follow me on Twitter here
 

 

Recruitment Tweeters - part two

We've started a list of Recruitment Tweeters.  Unsurprisingly, as Twitter usages grows all the time, I've had requests from recruiters wanting to be added to the list.

Here are some UK Recruitment professionals who are using Twitter and are happy to be "followed":

alanwhitford
JobsScotland
IndigoAccount
CallCentreJobs1
BFurby_abrsjobs
mikeetaylor
languagejobs
jobsacuk
lisascales
SusannahC
mikemcclelland
stephenodonn
deansadler
alcartwright
jobsacuk
Bobdillon
Debbiesuckling
Jackievdean
Gillmking
Neil_jones
thomasshaw

If you missed my first blog post about this then you should also add those people.  You can add them all in one go by using Twitterator (http://twitterator.org).

Again, I will add to this post as I get more requests to be followed. So if you feel left out please drop me an email (Louise@ukrecruiter.co.uk) or contact me via Twitter.

Recruitment Tweeters

If you aren't already using Twitter for recruitment here is previous blog post you might like to read (if you are using it but think there is room for improvement you might like to check out our UK Recruiter's Guide to Twitter!)

This is a list of UK Recruitment professionals who are using Twitter and are happy to be "followed":

Accite
BillBoorman
BlueSkyPR
cebux
EcoSearch
erecruitmentbud
followaaron
hrconnexions
Kaonix
LanguageJobsUK
louisetriance
LukeCollier
mattalder
MDangerfield
MichelleFF
prefio
stevierogers
SussexMatt
TheSourceress
ThomasAtkinson
TLPConsultancy
tonyrestell
ukrecruiter
Urps
wendyjacob
alanwhitford
JobsScotland
IndigoAccount
CallCentreJobs1
BFurby_abrsjobs
mikeetaylor
languagejobs
jobsacuk
lisascales
SusannahC
mikemcclelland
stephenodonn
deansadler
alcartwright
jobsacuk
Bobdillon
Debbiesuckling
Jackievdean
Gillmking
Neil_jones

Here are some non-UK ones who have an interest in the UK market:

mjkimberley
thomasshaw

You can add them all in one go by using Twitterator.

I will add to this post as I get more requests to be followed. So if you feel left out please drop me an email (Louise@ukrecruiter.co.uk) or contact me via Twitter.

Recruiters slow to embrace social media

I'm often found talking about how recruiters can/should use social media (and we recently launched a Recruiter's Guide to LinkedIn).  Via Twitter I came across a blog post entitled "Recruiters slow to embrace social media" which talks about a few key ways recruiters should be using Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and some tips on getting started.  So if you aren't listening to me - listen to blogistic digression!