Social media tactics for recruiting and staffing

Tonight I presented to the Capital Region Recruiters’ Network, a local organization of HR and staffing professionals. They asked me to share some advanced techniques for using social media to help identify candidates and fill positions.

The topic was timely, as I’m currently trying to fill a key role on the readMedia team (anyone know of standout Community Manager who wants to live in upstate New York?). While I don’t have an HR or recruiting background, I tried to present a few concrete tactics that attendees could take away and implement immediately.

Tonight was also my first time using Prezi instead of PowerPoint. I saw a fair number of Prezis on the higher ed conference circuit last year, and my buddy Arik Hanson also gave Prezi a ringing endorsement. It certainly is a more unique and interesting presentation of material than straight-up slides tend to be, but as someone who is used to thinking linearly, it takes me a lot longer to build and structure a presentation in Prezi.

Below is what I shared with the CRRN:

Beyond the Basics: Using social media to attract & connect with candidates on Prezi

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Nice job on this, Amy. I’m a big Prezi fan, too — so much more creative and versatile than PowerPoint.

I passed along your presentation to a search and placement firm here in Charlotte. Hope you and Aaron are doing well!

amy mengel on February 24, 2011 at 11:42 am said:

Thanks, Scott! Prezi definitely takes a lot more time upfront to plan out presentations, but in the end I think it helps me think through what I actually want to share. Powerpoint makes it too easy to just keep adding slides and not think about the flow of a presentation.

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Scott Hepburn on February 22, 2011 at 10:19 am said:

Nice job on this, Amy. I’m a big Prezi fan, too — so much more creative and versatile than PowerPoint.

I passed along your presentation to a search and placement firm here in Charlotte. Hope you and Aaron are doing well!
- amy mengel on February 24, 2011 at 11:42 am said:
  
  Thanks, Scott! Prezi definitely takes a lot more time upfront to plan out presentations, but in the end I think it helps me think through what I actually want to share. Powerpoint makes it too easy to just keep adding slides and not think about the flow of a presentation.