Using Social Media to Find Great Candidates
Using Social Media to Find Great Candidates
by Adrianne George
Are you still using the big job boards to find potential employees? How is that working for you?
While some passive job seekers have anonymous CVs and resumes uploaded on Internet job sites the majority of talented people passively seeking a better job do not.
In addition to purchasing geographically targeted web banners and buttons social media websites provide a great platform for reaching these candidates. Let’s take a look at a few:
Facebook has a section for jobs listings and give users the option of sending job ads to friends or posting them to your Facebook profile.
Linkedin has job listings as ell as the option to list job in group. Linkedin also lists the companies that are in your network, the number of people who have viewed your profile, and the how many times your profile has showed up in search results.
XING’s marketplace shows offers that match your profile, lets you see who you know at the company and has a button to recommend the job to friends. Additionally XING has hundreds of groups many which are segregated by industry and are just for job seekers.
In fact many passive job seekers learn about great jobs from their social networks and friends alone. Don’t miss out on great candidates because they couldnät find you online.
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