From the Harlan/Thompson HR Handbook Series, how to hire and recruit with social media.Presented during a recent SHRM conference, our handbook takes the HR pro through the facts, figures and stats behind the social media hiring revolution.Plus, 6 tips on how to use social media to find, recruit and hire that ideal candidate.
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1. HR Handbook: Recruiting + Hiring with Social Media
2. Harlan/Thompson HR provides small to mid-sized business with
affordable and flexible HR solutions to meet business needs.
3. Statistics
4. Whos driving traffic? LinkedIn is driving the most
job-related traffic (47%) to career sites, followed by Facebook
(30%) and Twitter (16%) (Jobs2Web)
5. 58.1% had successfully hired a candidate found through a
social network.
6. On that, 80% of companies recruit through LinkedIn network.
Now you know the value and importance of LinkedIn social network.
Adding to it, 55% and 45% of companies recruit through Facebook and
Twitter.
7. 79 percent of recruiters and hiring managers in the United
States have reviewed online information posted to social networking
sites and blogs to screen job candidates, and 70 percent have
rejected an applicant based on information they found.
