Social Recruiting

Advice on how to effectively use social media for hiring, including creating branded pages, publishing career content, using networks for social hiring, and empowering employee referrals.

Companies are increasingly using social recruiting to source candidates for employment, as well as to investigate applicants they are considering hiring.

Social Intelligence Corporation (SIC) provides in-depth background checks for employers that include online research from social media and other internet sites.

Companies are increasingly using social recruiting to source job applicants, over half of employers using social media for recruiting.

Bullhorn Reach provides a single platform for hiring managers and recruiters to manage social recruiting. Users can post jobs and analyze information from a user's social media networks, alerting recruiters to qualified candidates whose online behavior may indicate an interest in switching jobs.

Jobvite's Work With Us application displays jobs on profile or fan pages. Users can browse interesting opportunities at companies where friends work, apply to the jobs and send Jobvites to their own friends and contacts.

Social recruiting is when companies and recruiters use Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and and other social media sites to source and recruit candidates for employment.