Top Twitter Recuiter Talks to WhyHire.me

Just before Halloween, I connected with Dawn Mular, the world’s top recruiter on Twitter and CEO of the Helping Friends Career Network. Dawn was very easy to connect and interact with, given the nature of what she does. She takes a genuine interest in people, collaborative technologies and helping put people to work.

Many times over, school administrators and HR professionals ask why students should be coming out of school with an online brand. I was keen to get Dawn’s perspective on how social media has changed recruiting and how her clients react to seeing more than a traditional 2-page resume about a candidate.  For those that are interested in downloading the entire 10-minute podcast, simply click here.

For those interested in key sections, you can download and listen to key extracts:

Part 1

• How the Helping Friends Career Network got started
• The secret to her success becoming the top Twitter recruiter

Part 2

• Client reaction to social media in the recruiting world
• Stepping outside the traditional recruiting box – how and why
• Important employment trend – green businesses will mean more job / project opportunities

Part 3

• Advice to Educators and Leaders – become part of the movement
• Bring transparency and authenticity to the classroom

Calling all Recruiters using Social Media day-to-day

I had a great meeting with a Starbucks Recruiter yesterday.  Kirsti Stubbs is on the forefront of recruiting Retail and Hospitality graduates and professionals into her world at Starbucks. She is on the leading edge using social media tools and methods as a cost-effective way to source great candidates.  Next week, I will post some video highlights from our conversation. The good news is, our program teaches students these new tools and techniques, and it offers them a tremendous place to start building their brand through post-secondary education.

When we advocate WhyHire.me to educators, faculty and students, we do need to offer external validation of some key changes that are happening in the world of job search and recruiting. I am interested in profiling your stories related to your use of Twitter, Google, Google Alerts, Blogs, Linkedin. I would very much like to profile your successes and emerging new best practices you use to source the right candidates, cost-effectively.

Your stories will hit our blog, be promoted to our users and be used for sustained social media and traditional media outreach. Check out our past coverage here.

Please drop my a line at andy [at] whyhire [dot] me  or tweet me at @goandychurch