Social networking sites get green light
One in three managers use social networking sites as part of their recruitment, and one in five would consider using it as their only method of recruitment in the future, according to new research.
Recruitment scoring website hirescores.com found that only 13% of the 419 business managers it surveyed were against the use of social networking sites for recruitment.
Lisette Howlett, the founder of HireScores.com, says: “Social networking and recruitment sites can also work hand-in-hand by attracting young, web-savvy candidates. University students still dominate sites like Facebook and therefore employers are able to catch fresh graduates before they even hit the job market.
“Twitter now offers Twit Jobs, a free-to-use service that allows employers to update the site with their latest vacancies; reaching out to its 23,000 + professional followers.
“However, the key to successful recruiting via sites like Facebook and MySpace is to remember that these sites are ‘social’ and therefore any information retrieved online about an individual must be interpreted and used intelligently.
“Engaging with the social networks takes a strategic plan – work out what you want and how to promote yourself and you stand a much better chance of getting a result.”
Source : recruiter.co.uk Thursday 16th July 2009
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