How-To: Surface Top Talent

Using Social Media

What do I do at ?

Where are you going?

Does it feel like

this?

Or this?

“I can let you drown, but I can’t bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onesies, savvy?

So, can you sail under the command of a pirate, or can you not?”- Captain Jack Sparrow,

Pirates of the Caribbean

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It all started with the first ever Intelligence Community Virtual Career Fair in March 2010 [which] spurred the idea of Skype interviews, to go along with the ‘virtual’ theme of the career fair and show NGA as a forward thinking agency on the cutting edge of technology

Skype has been a successful tool for our hiring events, and we will continue to utilize Skype as part of our hiring strategy…• Reach diverse candidates, save the agency (and applicants) time / money• Advertise and interview candidates from across the country without leaving

the local area (and applicants can interview from home!)• No interviews were conducted in person; all were done online via Skype• All panels were located at a contractor facility in the Washington, DC area• Applicants were at their homes/businesses across the country• Our offices and hiring managers were impressed with the high quality of

the applicants we interviewed at this event.

http://www.goarmyreservedocs.com/

It wasn't too long before I stumbled upon Sterling Whitehead who was piloting a mentor/mentee program through YAP. He paired me up with Tina Borger, CPPO, Director of Research at the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP). She encouraged me to rework my resume a bit, and championed me all the way through NIGP's HR and hiring process.  Literally 3 weeks later I was the new Standards Manager at NIGP.

I continue to take ideas from GovLoop to innovate in my position here at NIGP!

Honestly...I was bored, unemployed, and going through my morning ritual of sending out about 25-30 resumes a day. I did a Google search for something like "Government Contract Administration" and stumbled on a GovLoop blog post. I dug through the site, including the job board, and signed up!

Meet Candace…

Who is your

target audienc

e?

“Generation C”

Someone of any age who uses web-based and mobile tools to• Collaborate• Communicate• Connect

5 Set-Ups for

Success

1. Build Digital Bridges.

2. Let Millennials / Gen X Surf.

3. Protect Everyone with Policy.

4. Harness Boomer Hang-Time

5. Get wet.

Post on

1. Join GovLoop (if you haven’t already!)

2. Click the “GovGigs” tab

3. Click “Add” (upper right corner)

4. Post Your Job Opening

Start or comment on discussions in

our Forums

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Andrew KrzmarzickGovLoop Community Manager

Andrew@GovLoop.com202-352-1806

http://www.govloop.comTwitter: @KrazyKriz

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