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Social Media Insights for Decision Makers @Leadtail and @LeadtailHR

Social  Insights  Report:  How  Recruiters  Engage  on  Twi8er  October  2013  

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Introduc@on  

Despite all the technology available, your ability to reach, engage, and influence business decision makers is still limited. While buyer personas, surveys, and search marketing data can get you in the ballpark, we believe social media insights are now a “must-have” for understanding key business professionals in a way that becomes truly actionable. With this in mind, we developed this report, “How Recruiters Engage on Twitter”. Using Leadtail’s Social Insights technology to analyze data from Twitter, this report reveals insights about recruiters to help you answer questions such as:

}  What keywords do recruiters use to describe themselves and their interests? }  Which social networks are recruiters most active on? }  What topics are they talking about on social media? }  What sources of content are recruiting professionals sharing? }  Who are the most influential publications, vendors, and people with recruiters?

Armed with these social media insights, you can now take a more informed look at your strategy for reaching, engaging, and influencing recruiters, and getting them to take the actions you care about most.

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Methodology  and  Data  Set  

The methodology the Leadtail team used to create this report:

1.  Identify recruiters active on social media based on criteria such as geography, job title, seniority, and type of company to create the target data set.

2.  Use the Leadtail Social Insights technology and data from the Twitter API to extract insights around key activities, such as what links are shared, who is mentioned and retweeted, popular hashtags, popular platforms used to share content, etc.

3.  Review, analyze, and package these insights into periodic reports.

The specific data set analyzed for this report was composed of:

}  557 U.S. based recruiters active on Twitter during the report period.

}  Includes both in-house corporate recruiters, as well as agency and contract recruiters. }  Total of 173,903 tweets, and 106,343 shared links.

}  Total follower reach for data set: 1,533,429; median # of followers per recruiter: 649. }  Tweets published between June 1, 2013 – August 31, 2013.

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Key  Takeaways  

}  Recruiters demonstrate a commitment to taking a “seat at the table” by sharing content that focuses on business, leadership, branding, and strategy – not just job postings

}  LinkedIn is far and away the most popular social network with over half of our recruiters posting content between LinkedIn and Twitter

}  Social recruiters rally around hashtags like #SHRM and #TChat to connect and create open, informal networks of people and content before, during, and after events

}  Recruiters actively engage with those they consider thought leaders, whether those are publications, vendors, or people

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Who  Are  These  Recruiters?  

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Where  Are  They  Located?  

Our sample recruiters come from cities big and small across the United States.

Based on Location provided in Twitter Profile.

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How  Do  They  Describe  Themselves?  

The way talent acquisition professionals describe themselves on Twitter reveals affinity keywords that can help you reach and engage them across the Social Web.

Based on keywords used in Twitter Profile.

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What  Do  They  Talk  About?  

Hashtags reveal the topics and events, big and small, online and offline, that captured the attention of these recruiters during the report period.

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Which  Social  Networks  Are  They  Ac@ve  On?  

2%

2%

3%

3%

4%

5%

5%

14%

19%

53%

100%

Tumblr

Triberr

Spotify

Pinterest

Paper.li

Facebook

Vine

foursquare

Instagram

LinkedIn

Twitter

In addition to Twitter, recruiting pros are active on a number of other social networks, many of which cross post content to Twitter. Not surprisingly, the most popular network with recruiters is LinkedIn – over half of our sample shared at least 1 tweet directly from LinkedIn during the report period.

% of recruiters that shared between this network + Twitter during the report period

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7% 7% 8% 9%

11% 13%

14% 14% 15%

19% 25%

42% 53%

65% 68%

Photos on iOS Camera on iOS

Buffer iOS

TweetDeck Twitter for iPad Bullhorn Reach

foursquare Twitter for Android

Instagram HootSuite

Twitter for iPhone LinkedIn

Tweet Button Twitter.com

% of Recruiters that published at least 1 tweet from this platform during the report period

What  Apps  +  PlaOorms  Do  They  Favor?  

Recruiters share content in multiple ways – with a majority using Twitter.com’s Web interface, the distributed Tweet button, and LinkedIn at least once during the period.

Desktop/Web App

Mobile App/Platform

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How  Do  Recruiters  Engage  with  Content?  

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What  Types  of  Content  Do  They  Share?  

eCommerce (e.g. Amazon)

1%

Jobs 4%

Social Media 14%

Mainstream Media 37%

Industry Media 44%

As the most popular type of shared content, industry media plays an important role in defining the conversations sourcing professionals have with each other, their teams, and ultimately, with candidates and clients. Many of these publications feature submissions from HR thought leaders and experts, and have robust email and social media distribution that keeps their content in front of recruiting professionals daily. Mainstream media sites are the second most commonly shared type of content. This includes mainstream sources of leadership, business, and strategy focused content, along with sports and entertainment. While job sites represent only 4% of the top 100 most shared sources, job postings account for 23% of the tweets from the top 100 sources. The social/user generated media category for HR professionals includes everything from insightful TEDx videos about employee engagement to the Season 3 preview for for Homeland (recruiters are real people too!)

% of 100 Most Popular Shared Content Sources

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11.  US  News  Money  12.  BuzzFeed  13.  USA  Today  14.  Washington  Post  15.  Bloomberg  16.  Business  Week  17.  Quartz  18.  WIRED  19.  CNN  Money  20.  Lifehacker  21.  CNN  22.  CBS  News  23.  NPR  24.  CNET  News  25.  Fast  Co.  Exist  

Top 25 Mainstream Media Content Sources shared by recruiters during the report period, ranked based on the number of unique recruiters that shared each source.

What  Are  the  Most  Shared  Mainstream  Sources?  

13!

1.  Forbes 2.  Huffington Post 3.  Inc. Magazine 4.  New York Times 5.  Fast Company 6.  HBR Blogs 7.  Wall Street Journal 8.  Entrepreneur 9.  Wall Street Journal Blogs 10.  Yahoo! Finance

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11.  Social  Hire  12.  YouTern  13.  Blogging4Jobs  14.  RecruiWng  Blogs  15.  Careerealism  16.  VentureBeat  17.  FisYul  of  Talent  18.  Social  Media  Today  19.  HR  Bartender  20.  Talent  Culture  21.  Social  Talent  22.  Boolean  Black  Belt  23.  LinkedIn  Blog  24.  The  Daily  Muse  25.  HR  Examiner  

Top 25 Industry Media Content Sources shared by recruiters during the report period, ranked based on the number of unique recruiters that shared each source.

What  Are  the  Most  Shared  Industry  Sources?  

14!

1.  ERE.net 2.  Mashable 3.  Business Insider 4.  TLNT 5.  The Undercover Recruiter 6.  SourceCon 7.  The Business Journals 8.  Recruiter.com 9.  TechCrunch 10.  LinkedIn Talent Solutions

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11.  Blog  Talk  Radio  12.  Google+  13.  Twitpic  14.  Vimeo  15.  Thunderclap  

Top 15 Social Media Content Sources shared by recruiters during the report period, ranked based on the number of unique recruiters that shared each source.

What  Are  the  Most  Shared  Social  Sources?  

15!

1.  LinkedIn 2.  YouTube 3.  Instagram 4.  Facebook 5.  Paper.li 6.  foursquare 7.  Twitter 8.  Slideshare 9.  Pinterest 10.  Vine

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Which  Publica@ons  and  People  Most  Influence  Recruiters?  

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Which  Publishers  Do  Recruiters  Retweet  Most?  

As social media continues to reshape how we communicate, brands (and in the HR context, vendors) must increasingly become more like publishers – creating and sharing high quality, highly relevant content on a regular basis – or risk losing out to competitors that do. So which publishers (and vendors) are doing the best job today creating the kind of content that engages recruiters and inspires them to pass that content on to their social networks? This word cloud shows the vendors retweeted most by recruiters in our sample during the report period.

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Top  50  Publishers  Most  Retweeted  by  Recruiters  

* Based on unique # of recruiters in the sample that retweeted the handle. Ties broken using Klout score followed by # of followers.

11.  @hrbartender 12.  @Glassdoor 13.  @HuffingtonPost 14.  @RecruiterDotCom 15.  @Inc 16.  @weknownext 17.  @SHRM 18.  @TechCrunch 19.  @YouTern 20.  @Tips4Recruiters 21.  @HireOnLinkedIn 22.  @nytimes 23.  @TheLadders 24.  @HuffPostBiz 25.  @AMAnet 26.  @RecruitingBlogs 27.  @Smarterer 28.  @EntMagazine 29.  @FistfulOfTalent 30.  @USATODAY

31.  @HubSpot 32.  @BrazenCareerist 33.  @SportsCenter 34.  @usnews 35.  @dailymuse 36.  @Human_Capital 37.  @CAREEREALISM 38.  @careerbuilder 39.  @CBSNews 40.  @BloombergNews 41.  @scoopit 42.  @washingtonpost 43.  @CNBC 44.  @TIME 45.  @AP 46.  @businessinsider 47.  @RandstadUSPros 48.  @AmplifyTalent 49.  @espn 50.  @DiceTechJobs

1.  @UndercoverRec

2.  @Forbes

3.  @mashable

4.  @TalentCulture

5.  @FastCompany

6.  @TLNT_com

7.  @ERE_net

8.  @WSJ

9.  @HarvardBiz

10.  @SourceCon

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Which  Publishers  Do  Recruiters  Men@on  Most?  

Looking at which publishers and vendors recruiters mention on Twitter can give us yet another perspective on the forces that shape their views on products, services, and industry trends. Mentions can be a reference to an experience, a shout-out to grab attention, a big thank you (or no thanks), a question, or even the highly coveted social recommendation. That means mentions can represent a deeper level of engagement than a retweet. In any case, publishers and vendors that are frequently mentioned are gaining mindshare from the recruiters they’re looking to reach and engage.

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Top  50  Publishers  Most  Men@oned  by  Recruiters  

* Based on unique # of recruiters in the sample that mentioned the handle. Ties broken using Klout score followed by # of followers.

11.  @WSJ 12.  @RecruiterDotCom 13.  @TechCrunch 14.  @Glassdoor 15.  @TalentCulture 16.  @hrbartender 17.  @FistfulOfTalent 18.  @YouTern 19.  @USATODAY 20.  @SAI 21.  @BW 22.  @VentureBeat 23.  @EntMagazine 24.  @usnews 25.  @CAREEREALISM 26.  @weknownext 27.  @CareerBuilder 28.  @nytimes 29.  @nprnews 30.  @SHRM

31.  @RecruitingBlogs 32.  @hrexaminer 33.  @qz 34.  @businessinsider 35.  @dailymuse 36.  @BrazenCareerist 37.  @BloombergNews 38.  @YahooFinance 39.  @BI_Careers 40.  @Smarterer 41.  @drivethruhr 42.  @HireOnLinkedIn 43.  @DiceTechJobs 44.  @HuffingtonPost 45.  @CNNMoney 46.  @smexaminer 47.  @washingtonpost 48.  @ABC 49.  @CNET 50.  @YahooNews

1.  @ERE_net

2.  @Forbes

3.  @mashable

4.  @UndercoverRec

5.  @TLNT_com

6.  @Inc

7.  @FastCompany

8.  @SourceCon

9.  @HarvardBiz

10.  @HuffPostBiz

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Who  Do  Recruiters  Retweet  the  Most?  

There is persistent myth in social media that content is retweeted because the reader likes it. While that is certainly the case some of the time, there is one less obvious but profound reason why people retweet. They think: “My followers will like this.”

Whether it’s because it’s timely, provocative, or topical - who gets retweeted is a reflection of what people believe their own social audience will find relevant. This word cloud contains the handles retweeted most by recruiters in our sample during the report period.

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Top  50  People  Most  Retweeted  by  Recruiters  

* Based on unique # of recruiters in the sample that retweeted the handle. Ties broken using Klout score followed by # of followers.

11.  @tonyrestell 12.  @levyrecruits 13.  @ThisIsLars 14.  @RobinSchooling 15.  @EmilieMeck 16.  @Fishdogs 17.  @TrishMcFarlane 18.  @KevinWGrossman 19.  @susanavello 20.  @mattcharney 21.  @socialtalent 22.  @TheHrbuddy 23.  @sbrownehr 24.  @InterviewIQ 25.  @lruettimann 26.  @SteveBoese 27.  @marenhogan 28.  @AvidCareerist 29.  @bryanwempen 30.  @JohnSumser

31.  @JenniferMcClure 32.  @researchgoddess 33.  @jeffbullas 34.  @greg_savage 35.  @imJeremyR 36.  @TimSackett 37.  @ChinaGorman 38.  @TiffanyKuehl 39.  @ChristopherinHR 40.  @tedcoine 41.  @careersherpa 42.  @shally 43.  @AlliPolin 44.  @SabrinaLBaker 45.  @jjbuss 46.  @jrkuhns 47.  @TalentTalks 48.  @new_resource 49.  @DaveTheHRCzar 50.  @MNHeadhunter

1.  @MeghanMBiro

2.  @blogging4jobs

3.  @jimstroud

4.  @YouTernMark

5.  @GlenCathey

6.  @williamtincup

7.  @StacyZapar

8.  @TomBolt

9.  @bryanchaney

10.  @ValaAfshar

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Who  Do  Recruiters  Men@on  the  Most?  

When it comes to mentions – context is key. Mentioning a person can mean giving credit for an idea or piece of content being shared, engaging directly in conversation, or giving a shout-out to someone you’ve recently met.

In any context, being mentioned is a sign that a person is an active part of the social dialogue, and those mentioned most are the people you’ll find at the center of engaging conversations between recruiters. This word cloud shows the people mentioned most by recruiters in our sample during the report period.

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Top  50  People  Most  Men@oned  by  Recruiters  

* Based on unique # of recruiters in the sample that mentioned the handle. Ties broken using Klout score followed by # of followers.

11.  @williamtincup 12.  @susanavello 13.  @JohnSumser 14.  @RobinSchooling 15.  @ChristopherinHR 16.  @TimSackett 17.  @YouTernMark 18.  @jrkuhns 19.  @imJeremyR 20.  @marenhogan 21.  @EmilieMeck 22.  @ThisIsLars 23.  @socialtalent 24.  @bryanchaney 25.  @ValaAfshar 26.  @Fishdogs 27.  @SteveBoese 28.  @ChinaGorman 29.  @TrishMcFarlane 30.  @AvidCareerist

31.  @KevinWGrossman 32.  @tonyrestell 33.  @TheOneCrystal 34.  @HrRemix 35.  @bryanwempen 36.  @TheHrbuddy 37.  @andyheadworth 38.  @ewmonster 39.  @AlaRecruiter 40.  @new_resource 41.  @heatherbussing 42.  @JenniferMcClure 43.  @DwaneLay 44.  @JennyDeVaughn 45.  @DaveTheHRCzar 46.  @CzarinaofHR 47.  @SusanLaMotte 48.  @TheRecruiterGuy 49.  @TalentTalks 50.  @careersherpa

1.  @blogging4jobs

2.  @MeghanMBiro

3.  @GlenCathey

4.  @lruettimann

5.  @StacyZapar

6.  @levyrecruits

7.  @mattcharney

8.  @jimstroud

9.  @TomBolt

10.  @sbrownehr

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Conclusion  

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Conclusions  

Imagine if you could listen to the daily conversations of recruiters… How would you use what you heard to better reach, engage, and influence these HR professionals to take the actions you care most about? For example, would it provide you insights into where to advertise, what content to create, who to build relationships with, and how best to develop and implement your social media strategy? Sure it would. We created How Recruiters Engage on Twitter to provide you with social media insights to help you make more informed decisions for reaching, engaging, and influencing these talent management professionals. And since the topics, content sources, and influencers are constantly changing so, too, are the social media insights. With this in mind, sign up to receive our upcoming reports! http://offers.leadtail.com/social-insights-reports/

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About  Leadtail  

Leadtail is an agency focused on making online marketing and social media work for business. The Leadtail team has developed and implemented social media programs and campaigns for leading consumer and business brands including TiVo, WageWorks, Alcatel-Lucent, Symantec, Adaptive Planning and Peoplefluent. Our social media insights reports have been referenced in media publications including: Business Insider, Forbes, Huffington Post, MarketingProfs, CMSWire, and ERE.

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