Just as blogs changed the recruiting landscape a few years back, microblogging is now taking it to a whole new level for recruiters and sourcers. Microblogs can encompass Twitter, Friendfeed, Socialthing, Jaiku, Pownce, Tumblr and Jabber to name a few. In as little as 15 minutes a day, you can find people who live online, get your message out quickly and dig for leads through these instantaneous and efficient tools. Microblogs, when used efficiently, are an effective way to find new candidates, leads, resumes and hidden opportunities.

Geoff Peterson, veteran recruiter and editor of Staffbytes, will conduct a Kennedy-sponsored interactive seminar taking you deep inside Twitter and the other hot new “social” sites recently emergedas valuable sourcing tools for recruiters.

In this 60-minute professional development seminar, Geoff will fully demonstrate Twitter by walking through its search capabilities and will show you and your team how to build a “following” which benefits recruiters as they promote open positions and search for active and passive job seekers. He’ll also demonstrate backdoor tips and tricks of using other sites including Friendfeed and Pownce and review how recruiters and sourcers can use them to begin building relationships within online communities.

Among the valuable takeaways for this interactive seminar are:

• Learn how to utilize microblogs to recruit and source candidates
• Discover fast-growing social networking communities online
• Find active and passive candidates who “live” online
• Watch a live demonstration of how to recruit on Twitter, an online network of more than 7 million people
• Learn how to grow your microblog networks in seconds
• Uncover hundreds of “leads” through sites such as Twitter, Pownce, Friendfeed and more

Can't make this date? Not a problem. Register now and receive access to the full recorded event immediately following its conclusion. Listen at your leisure from anywhere with web access!

Ideal Training Opportunity Set up the interactive seminar in a conference room and pay just one fee for as many attendees as you wish. A great way to amortize your training dollar – and reduce risk for your entire recruiting team!

Geoff Peterson is the Managing Principal for General Lead, a national provider of cost-effective staffing and strategic sourcing services for Information Technology, Accounting/Finance, Healthcare and Sales. In addition, Geoff is also the Editor for StaffBytes, a news site dedicated to recruiting industry tips, techniques and instructional videos.

Geoff has 8 years full life-cycle recruiting, Internet sourcing and research experience nationwide, having fulfilled successful engagements with small organizations and Fortune 500 companies alike. Geoff brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table including Technical Recruiting, Executive Recruiting, Internet Sourcing, Name Generation, Competitive Intelligence, Internet Research, Job Search Strategy and Recruitment Marketing.

Through his site StaffBytes, Geoff provides high-quality recruiting information such as Internet site reviews, step-by-step techniques, expert tips and demonstrations for a variety of industries. In addition, Geoff also creates original instructional videos for StaffBytes that coach recruiters and Internet sourcers on a wide range of recruiting strategies and sourcing methodologies.

Geoff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Small Business Management/Entrepreneurship.