{"id":16701,"date":"2013-02-06T03:15:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T10:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/?p=16701"},"modified":"2017-10-17T10:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:00:52","slug":"4-clever-twitter-search-shortcuts-for-recruiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/4-clever-twitter-search-shortcuts-for-recruiting\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Clever Twitter Search Shortcuts for Recruiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter is the place where news breaks, sports fans congregate and job seekers flock.\u00a0 It\u2019s an easy social network where you can network and engage users in 140 characters and for most of us that is from your mobile device.\u00a0 Tweets happen in rapid fire with Twitter now reporting more than a 500 million tweets per day. But how do you search through all this information?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nBecause of the ease of access when it comes to the platform and the sheer volume of messaging and users, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/social-media-recruiting-your-twitter-guide\/\">Twitter is a great platform for recruiters<\/a> to use to source candidates, build their brand or share their open jobs.\u00a0 Twitter is fast moving and for new users, it is hard to cut through the noise and overlook the bots, porn and general nonsense that happens there.\u00a0 Here are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4 clever tricks to cut through the noise and recruit on Twitter<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter offers shortcuts or what the service calls operators to help you search Twitter quickly and without the hassle of opening a new window or using advanced search like I described above.\u00a0 It\u2019s like using Palm shortcuts to take notes or Boolean for Google (but on Twitter!).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-16746 alignright\" alt=\"Twitter Recruiting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TwitterRecruiting.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TwitterRecruiting.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TwitterRecruiting-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TwitterRecruiting-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TwitterRecruiting-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TwitterRecruiting-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TwitterRecruiting-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>By User.\u00a0 <\/b>Use \u201cfrom:username\u201d to search by tweets sent from user.\u00a0 This narrows down the noise especially for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/how-to-evaluate-a-twitter-profile\/\">twitter profile<\/a> like mine, where I receives sometimes hundreds of at messages on Twitter each day.\u00a0 Recruiters can use to see who a candidate prospect is talking to or who the competition is courting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>By Keyword &amp; Location.\u00a0 <\/b>Recruiters can use a shortcut to search by keyword and location making it easy to find job seekers who use technical terms and language that is specific to a hard to fill position you are searching for.\u00a0 For example: \u201crails\u201d near:\u201dsan francisco\u201d. \u00a0Also consider searching for words commonly associated with a\u00a0 rails programmer like \u201cruby\u201d or \u201cMySQL\u201d to get a different set of results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Recruit By Hashtag.\u00a0 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/how-to-recruit-on-twitter-with-hash-tags\/\">Twitter hashtags<\/a> are the crowdsourced library of Twitter.\u00a0 Users add hashtags or the pound symbol followed by a word or characters to sort and organize content by an event, topic, or keyword. It&#8217;s smart to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/magnet-or-repellent-whats-your-social-recruiting-style\/\">contribute relevant content<\/a>\u00a0to hashtags where your candidates hang out, such as #blogchat for bloggers or #cmgrchat for community managers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Keyword &amp; Link Filters.\u00a0 <\/b>As a recruiter, maybe you are sourcing for candidates who are sharing their resume via Twitter either to connect with recruiters or as someone who is connecting with others on one of the many job seeker chats on Twitter.\u00a0 For example you could use, \u201cresume filter:links\u201d to find tweets containing the word resume that include a link hopefully directly to the candidates LinkedIn profile or resume.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/social-media-recruiting-your-twitter-guide\/\">Sourcing Twitter<\/a> for talent is not easy, especially since it is unreasonable to think you will always be trolling and searching Twitter. \u00a0But if you consider the parameters when searching, such as user, keyword, location, hashtag, and link filters, you will be a step ahead in the game of sorting through the daily 500 million tweets to find the talent you need.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3703\" alt=\"@blogging4jobs blogs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jessica-color-150x150.png\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jessica-color-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jessica-color-150x150-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>Jessica\u00a0Miller-Merrell, SPHR is a workplace and technology strategist specializing in social media. She\u2019s an author who writes at\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogging4jobs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blogging4Jobs<\/a>. When she talks, people listen.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/\">SmartRecruiters<\/a>\u00a0is the hiring platform with everything you need to post a job, manage candidates and make the right hire.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twitter is the place where news breaks, sports fans congregate and job seekers flock.\u00a0 It\u2019s an easy social network where you can network and engage users in 140 characters and for most of us that is from your mobile device.\u00a0 Tweets happen in rapid fire with Twitter now reporting more than a 500 million tweets [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":16746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[838,27],"tags":[33,484,552],"series":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TwitterRecruiting.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Podcast-icon.jpg","download_link":false,"player_link":false,"audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hiring-success-podcast\/id1472174987","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9oaXJpbmdzdWNjZXNzcG9kY2FzdC5jYXN0b3MuY29tL2hpcmluZy1zdWNjZXNzLXBvZGNhc3Q","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"soundcloud":{"key":"soundcloud","url":"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/smartrecruiters\/sets\/hiring-success-podcast-1","label":"SoundCloud","class":"soundcloud","icon":"soundcloud.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3bM8YzLjM2G9qJXLBBySaB","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"j0CQXEMdE0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/4-clever-twitter-search-shortcuts-for-recruiting\/\">4 Clever Twitter Search Shortcuts for Recruiting<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/4-clever-twitter-search-shortcuts-for-recruiting\/embed\/#?secret=j0CQXEMdE0\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;4 Clever Twitter Search Shortcuts for Recruiting&#8221; &#8212; SmartRecruiters Blog\" data-secret=\"j0CQXEMdE0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! 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