Twitter has become a go-to tool for hiring managers who want to connect with new candidates. Millions of people refer to Twitter as a valuable job-hunting resource and they're finding success there. The social network offers an array of free tools that can help you find the right candidates for your open roles. Here are some points to keep in mind while using Twitter to locate and attract robotics engineers.
Using hashtags is a great way to find people who are talking about the same topic as you. Hashtags also help you find hashtags specific to your industry, which means that you can use them to search for information, content, and communities. We've already mentioned the importance of hashtags in filtering out irrelevant tweets—but they can also be used when searching for robotics engineer candidates. For example:
You should follow the right people on Twitter.
Your competitors are a great source of potential candidates, especially if they're in your industry and you're looking for someone with a specific skill set. Monitoring their Twitter activity is one way to find out if they are hiring or about to be hiring.
Monitoring your competitors' Twitter activity is also a good way to see what kinds of positions they are hiring for, so you can tailor your job postings accordingly.
Twitter analytics is an excellent way to find candidates for your company. By tracking the information about Twitter users and tweets, you can discover trends in how people use the platform. This data can help you understand which types of people are interested in your industry, which topics they are interested in learning more about, and what kind of content they want to share with their followers.
Using analytics will allow you to find other professionals who may be interested in working with you or might be looking for work themselves. To get started using Twitter analytics:
You can also find potential candidates by reaching out to other companies in your industry and building a relationship with them. Follow them on Twitter, engage with the company's tweets, and ask them for help finding candidates. They may be able to refer you to someone they know at another company or offer advice on where else you can look. This kind of networking is particularly valuable when it comes to finding rock-star software engineers who have already worked at big tech companies like Facebook or Google.
If you're looking for a particular type of person—as an expert in machine learning—you should also consider targeting your efforts towards people working at specific companies that focus on AI research or development. For example, NVIDIA has an entire team dedicated to artificial intelligence research and development (R&D), so it makes sense that this would be one of their top hiring priorities now that AI technology has taken such huge strides forward in recent years.
If you’re not already using Twitter to find candidates, we hope this post has convinced you to give it a try. There are plenty of great engineers on the platform looking for their next position—you just have to know where and how to look for them. It’s worth keeping in mind that your strategy should change over time as competition in the industry grows more fierce or as new job seekers become more active on Twitter. For that reason, you’ll want to revisit your top performers regularly and determine if there are any changes when it comes to your social media outreach strategy.