The Surprising Secret to Attracting Only the Best Job Candidates Revealed
More companies and recruiters are utilizing social media as a hiring tool with 92 percent of job recruiters utilizing it in their process:
- 85 percent of recruiters use LinkedIn.
- 55 percent of recruiters use Facebook.
- 47 percent of recruiters use Twitter.
For example, Facebook lists jobs like other job search engines, but many companies are posting directly on their page with tangible contact information to reach out to a live person on staff. Twitter allows you to take advantage of hashtags, and other social media platforms, such as Snapchat, offer unique snapshots into company culture as a recruiting tool. Social media is a viable recruiting tool, especially with a quarter of job seekers conducting their search on these platforms.
