Social Networking in Recruitment

Amanda Belton

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781783000050
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: IT Industry
• Index: Computer Science

Become a professional social networking expert and give your organization a cost-effective advantage in the hiring market.Social networks have opened up whole new channels of communication between prospective employees and employers. They provide perfect opportunities to build a strong relationship with potential employees that ensures investment in recruitment is targeted towards a successful, cost effective hire. Social networks also allow an organization to build a strong employer brand that reaches the digital natives of the world, enabling the recruiter to achieve a competitive advantage.

Social Networking in Recruitment

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Social Networking in Recruitment

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Credits

Author

Amanda Belton

Project Coordinator

Priyanka Goel

Proofreaders

Maria Gould

Paul Hindle

Copy Editors

Jalasha D'costa

Maria Gould

Paul Hindle

Production Coordinator

Melwyn D'sa

Cover Work

Melwyn D'sa

Reviewers

Manavendra S.Gokhale

Marianne Steen

Commissioning Editor

Nick Falkowski

About the Author

Amanda Belton is an IT manager specializing in agile and lean software development. Over the past 20 years, she has worked in small startup companies and large multinational organizations with responsibility for recruiting the people who become productive and happy members of her team. This experience working with in-house recruitment specialists as well as agencies has led her to explore the ways social media supports recruitment efforts to find and engage with the right people in a tight labor market. She is a self-admitted geek who has learned from her mistakes and is willing to share the wisdom that she's learned the hard way.

About the Reviewers

Manavendra S.Gokhale is a management professional with 24 years of experience, 17 years of which at CEO level. He has headed companies across multiple verticals, and has strong leadership and team-building capabilities. He has worked on MIS systems and analytics, and has evaluated people at various levels in numerous companies.

He is a visiting faculty member at various well-known business schools, where he teaches various subjects, including general management. He has experience working as a Corporate Consultant for eight years and has also conducted corporate workshops.

He has used IT extensively in his corporate activities and developed strong networking skills as a result of working across various verticals and engagements in India and abroad.

Manavendra defines progress as making things easier by encouraging people to reach their milestones by helping them avoid the problems they face and helping them learn by sharing experiences.

Marianne Steen is a Danish Internet pioneer and author of three Danish books on Internet job searching. As a consultant, she has provided web strategies and solutions for people looking for jobs and career development, as well as for companies looking for the best talent. From 2009 to 2013, she was a board member at two online recruitment companies. From 1997 to 2002, she was a director at MatchWork WorldWide. She also participated in launching the SAAS service in the UK, Sweden, and Germany. She has a Master's degree in Horticulture.

Some more on her company, Marianne Steen & Co. helps companies sourcing potential employees via social media and professionals to manage their professional digital profile and identity. Prodii.com, developed by Marianne Steen & Co., is a brand new service for companies that enables them to build dynamic company career pages, and is also meant for professionals to manage their professional data and digital footprint.

Preface

Over the years, I've spent endless hours reading through CVs, trawling through candidate profiles, and conducting interviews. Sometimes I've done a good job of recruitment, and I have hired people who have excelled at and enjoyed their role, but sometimes I've failed and I have hired people who didn't stay because they and the role weren't the right fit. Right now, it's an exciting time to undertake recruitment as social...

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