I have recruited participants by tweeting (briefly, obviously) the criteria. I know of a recruiting company that does this as well. For both of us, this is the first step in a conversation about whether the person is (a) a good match and (b) interested/available. It's worked well for requests that my network can reach. Some of these were highly specialized, but plausible in context. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Christopher Sibona <csibona@yahoo.com> wrote:
I mean a) recruiting subjects for a research study through Twitter. I search for Tweets that meet a certain criteria and ask the person to participate in a survey.
Do you mean a) recruiting subjects for a research study through Twitter or b) a
research study about people recruiting individuals for jobs through Twitter?
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