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Social Mediain Human ResourcesFacebook and Twitter form strong and powerful groups. They build opinions.
Do you want to join the club?
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SOCIAL MEDIA FACTS
FEW ARGUMENTS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES
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Social Media?Twitter? Facebook, huh?
• 750 MM users worldwide• Most common social media platform• Friendship based; difficult to propagate
• Less used social media platform• People follow topics and are members of
many communities• Quicker than serious media
• Rising star• People share “cute” photos and link the
original content• Rapidly increases website traffic
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Who believes in Social Media?
• Facebook offered 1 billion USD for Instagram (company with 13 employees)
• Instagram has no income, but it has a product, which is used by the community of 30+ MM users worldwide
• Instagram was the iPhone application
• Apple started iCloud and Ping network for lovers of music and movies
• All iPhones, iPads and iMacs are social media ready
• Microsoft follows
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Social Media Facts
• Social media do not create new content• Social media share current content• Social media publish opinions and
interesting facts (statuses)• Social media connect people around
topics and interests
• Social media are powerful; they form engaged and fully dedicated communities
• The engagement is a key success factor for companies
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HUMAN RESOURCES ANDSOCIAL MEDIA
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Social Media and HR
• Young talents do not browse job boards; they follow recommendations of their friends from the engaged community
• Employees are member of many communities, and they can influence positively others (or negatively)
• Internal communication is strongly supported by social media
• Innovation can be natural; employees engage communities based on their decisions
• Strong CSR programs support
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Which way to go?
• A company blog is always a good start; HR can publish interesting facts about the workforce and career opportunities
• Requires dedicated resources and hard SEO as the audience is built within a reasonable timeframe
• Tweets do not require a dedicated resources
• Correct tagging can build the engaged audience quickly
• Best option for the social recruitment
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What can you expect?
• The traffic from social media grows slowly and consistently
• Most companies do not have a hot topic, which generates thousands of visits/day
• The engaged community starts spreading statuses to their other networks and the impact multiplies
• HR has to identify target audiences and their interests
• Social media are measurable• Social media are not a quick win
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3-2-1 … Start!
• Research topics … you have to differentiate from your competitors on the job market
• Start Twittering … start sending messages and watch how your audience grows
• Measure successes … celebrate each re-tweet as the impact of your messages multiplies
• Listen and contribute to engaged communities … feedback is always important and the audience is willing to give some
• Adjust your strategy … do not expect to be right from the beginning