Experts Connection™ for Recruiters connects you, the hiring professional, with experts in all phases of recruitment at the $100K+ level. Topics will be presented for timely practical application (rather than theoretical discussions), offering you the ability to implement the ideas as soon as you hang up the phone. The subject matter is designed for both corporate hiring professionals as well as independent recruiters. Topics will include a wide variety of timely issues relating to the employment of managers and executives across all disciplines and industries. The teleseminars are formatted to include your questions submitted at the time of registration as well as during the presentation.

January 28...

Guest Speaker: James Durbin, Headhunter specializing in Social Media & owner of Durbin Media Group.
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time: 4:00-5:30 PM Eastern, 1:00-2:30 PM Pacific

Class Description: Twitter is a fast-growing microblogging service connecting millions of the best social networkers in the US. Using only 140 characters, top marketing and executive talent has recognized the power of an extended network, and Twitter delivers on that promise. Twitter is rapidly becoming the fastest way to identify the top talent in your market. With over 10 million profiles and growing, Twitter represents a referral phenomenon that is already changing the way corporate America communicates. Twitter’s real power is the instant access it gives you to a network of referrers. Profiles are open, which means, for instance, sourcing 800 Java developers in Denver takes only the right search string. Job-seekers announce their availability, making contract staffing possible in real-time. All you have to do is learn how to build a network of the right candidates, and how to connect to them in a way that generates fast, reliable referrals .

Jim will demonstrate a step-by-step program on how to hire more people using Twitter. Using techniques he uses everyday to source candidates, Jim goes deep inside the application to show you best practices for hiring from the world’s hottest new social network.

In this teleseminar you will learn:

• How to set expectations with Twitter friends.
• Sourcing tips to find every profile.
• How to find and connect with new prospects, and their networks.
• How to get higher response rates when initiating contact with people on Twitter.
• Powerful marketing and branding techniques.
• To master the application from the perspective of a salesperson.
• Easy to use mobile and desktop applications.

This teleseminar is designed for:

• Corporate recruiters tasked with using Twitter to hire.
• Third party firms looking to train recruiters and account managers.
• Managers needing to understand when the use of Twitter is appropriate.
• Corporate trainers looking to keep their employees on the cutting edge.

About the Speaker:

Jim Durbin is a headhunter specializing in social media and owner of the Durbin Media Group. As a blogger and business owner, Jim is a frequent and valued speaker on such topics as online employment, recruiting blogs and using social networks in the hiring process. Prior to starting Durbin Media Group, Jim was a top performer as an Account Executive for national staffing firms, entering the employment world in Los Angeles in 1999, at the peak of the dotcom boom. Jim is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and currently lives in St. Louis.