How to Use Twitter to Find Cloud Engineer Candidates

Introduction Post Targeted Tweets Work With a Strong Search Strategy Perform Searches for People Who Have Been Mentioned by the Big Names in the Field Find People Who Are Engaged With Coding and Other Important Skills for the Job Once You’re Familiar With the Hashtags, You Can Begin to Follow Them Conclusion

Introduction

Twitter is a treasure trove for recruiters who have the right tools to make the most of it. You can use Twitter to find passive talent and reach out to people who are likely eager for new job opportunities. A great place to start is with cloud engineer candidates—people who understand how to develop, operate and maintain applications in the cloud. Why? Because the cloud engineering field is one that's currently experiencing rapid growth and high demand. Plus, many cloud engineers regularly share their work on Twitter, making them easier to find than some other types of candidates. In this post, we'll walk you through how Twitter can help you.

Post Targeted Tweets

The next step is to post targeted tweets. Posting a tweet that's relevant to your target audience can be a great way to get more views and potentially more candidates applying for your job listing. For example, if you're looking for an engineer who knows AWS, don't just post a general tweet about your company needing someone who knows cloud engineering. Instead, try tweeting something like:

“Looking for someone who can help us scale our Elasticseach cluster! If you've got experience with AWS, DM me :)” or
“We're looking for a new DevOps Engineer! If you live in Chicago and know AWS by heart, DM me :)”

Work With a Strong Search Strategy

You can use a few different methods to find the right people.

Keywords: Searching for keywords is a good place to start, but it's also important to think about the context in which they're being used. For example, if you search "Cloud Engineer" on Twitter, the results will include everyone who has ever tweeted or retweeted that exact phrase in their bio or tweet history (even if they are not actually engineers). You'll get more accurate results by searching for specific terms that directly relate to cloud engineering and work experience (for example "AWS" or "Linux"). In addition to searching through tweets themselves, this tactic allows you to find other profiles related to your industry and see what kind of content is shared among those groups.
Hashtags: Hashtags are another excellent way of finding relevant candidates because they allow users from around the world who share similar interests or experiences with one another but may never interact otherwise due solely because there isn't enough time! This can be especially helpful when looking for candidates outside your geographic area since many companies prefer hiring local workers where possible (or at least near enough where commute times aren't too long). Plus each hashtag has its own unique community–like all roads leading back home again–which means getting lost isn't as easy either.

Perform Searches for People Who Have Been Mentioned by the Big Names in the Field

To find people who have been mentioned by the big names in the field, follow these steps:

Go to Twitter and open up a new search.
Type in your keyword and click on “people” at the top of the results page.
Click on “Who they follow” under Following within your search results. (You can also get here by clicking on “Who they follow” under Followers.)

Find People Who Are Engaged With Coding and Other Important Skills for the Job

To find people who are engaged with coding and other important skills for the job, you can use hashtags. A hashtag is used to create an easy way to find tweets that relate to a certain topic. If you search for #coding or #programming on Twitter, you will see lots of tweets related to these topics. You can also use hashtags in your own tweets by putting them at the end of your message (for example #cloudengineering).

Once You’re Familiar With the Hashtags, You Can Begin to Follow Them

Following hashtags is a good way to get a sense of what is going on in the industry and it can provide insight into the types of conversations that are happening around certain topics. As an example, if you want to find cloud engineers who tweet about Kubernetes and container technology, then following #kubernetes, #containers and related tags would be beneficial for your search.

Conclusion

In your search for a great cloud engineer, don’t forget that Twitter is one of the best places to look. Because it’s a social network, Twitter can provide you with insights into how candidates might fit into your team culture. Use the tips in this article to jump in and get started on Twitter right away!