In today’s world one can say without any doubt that social media is the most important medium of communication. This has even resulted in social media playing an important role in recruitments. But, the question is can social media really recruit the right kind of people for its company? Let us now look at the role social media plays in recruitments and how important it is.
What is Social Media?
Websites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are known as social media. These are in fact the most popular and when the word social media is used it is these three websites that are first name by an individual. It has been found that people spend between few minutes to few hours every day on the social media websites for both personal as well as professional use. The common things people do on social media websites are networking, chatting with family and friends, and sharing pictures of self and loved ones and also as a platform to exchange their thoughts and opinions.
Professional activities by the people on the social media include job recruitment and this is being done extensively. It has become extremely difficult for the companies to get the right people for the right job. They end up spending a huge amount of money in order to get the right person. Earlier it was a challenge for the companies to recruit the right person for a technical job but, now-a-day it is said that hiring the right person even for HR has become difficult. Hence, companies are adopting new methods to get the right kind of people.
The common way through which any company recruits is through referrals or by posting advertisements on job portals and newspapers. Some even go through the consultants to hire people for their organization. But, these days the companies are choosing to recruit through social media.
Social media websites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook etc. are said to have more than 500 million users. It is said that these users are also very active. With the help of these social media websites, the prospective employer gets to the personal details about a person. His likes, dislikes, his strong points, weak points, social life etc. are all known. The prospective employer gets to know a lot of personal information about a person which would have otherwise been impossible. The personal achievements of the person are also known to all.
Many reports show that more that fifty percent of the people who are active on the social networking websites also have their profiles on the job portals. Through this the companies get not just professional details but also the personal details about their prospective recruit. Thus, it can be said that social media helps the recruiters to get a clear picture about their prospective employee than through any other source. It is not just an important tool for the recruiter but also for the prospective employee as it provides them with much more job opportunities. Finally, it can be said that recruiting through social media is here to stay.
Dougles Chan is the recruitment Guru ,a Personal Mentor, Business Adviser and also a Web Sales Expert that assist clients in their business needs in recruitment and sales, specialised in creation of sales, leads and traffic in many industries including job agencies, advertising agencies, gifting industry, education industry, training industry, software industry and many others. His clients comes from Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom, USA, South Africa, Germany and many other countries.
He is the author of Job Seekers Power Manual and recruitment agency manual – Financial Success in Recruitment Industry which had received tremendous praises from job seekers and CEO and Directors of companies all over the world.If you are seeking for someone to train and mentor you or to brand and create more sales and generate leads for your side, you can speak to Dougles Chan to see how you can use the latest techniques and technology to your advantage. He will be able to blend in the most effective way with the least cost to get things done at the shortest time. Dougles can be contacted at dc@dougleschan.com or you can contact him at +(65) 93880851
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