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How Is Social Networking Effective For Recruiters?

10.27.2009 · Posted in Career Articles

How much social media or networking helping organizations to hire talented people? We find many recruiters nowadays effectively using social networking for hiring the best people for an organization. Now the question which needs to be answered is on whether this social networking can replace other recruiting tools.nnSocial networking these days is considered to be one of the most sought out solution for sourcing and recruiting employees in an organization by recruiters. However, the potential that lies in social networking still needs to be tapped to a greater extent.nnSocial networking have been successful to a handful of recruiters but that doesn’t mean it would be beneficial to all. Organizations need to figure out the answer to whether is it the right time to diverge from conventional tools to social networking approach as more and more recruiters preach and confirm social networking to be the best solution in the market these days.nnWhat are the thoughts that go in people’s mind when they are online and on social networking sites? We need to study how this behavior affects the online networking platform.nnWhat does the recruiter or hiring person thinks:nnThe hiring consultant is confident that as soon as he joins any social media site he is definitely going to get an access to an immense pool of talented professionals. On the various communities or specific networking groups he is confident to find people related to his industry or market. To check whether this statement is true we have to analyze what people want or think when they interact with one another on the social arena.nnThought that goes in people’s mind when they join social networking websites:nnThe whole sole purpose of people making online connections is to interact and socialize with friends with whom they rarely meet offline. They also look towards sharing and building their knowledge pool by involving in discussions and talks with others who have similar interests. However, there are only very few individuals who would choose social media to build or discuss great career prospects for future. I am keeping the professional networking sites like Linkedin etc out of these discussions as they are pure sites dedicated to working professionals. What we can conclude from here is that people take advantage of social networking to discuss their life events rather than building a strong professional network.nnThe conclusion which can be deduced from this is:nnIndividuals network size is quite small in comparison to their overall connection strength.nnWomen are more receptive to any post in comparison to men. A man will hardly talk to 4 people at a time while women might be hovering above 6. It would be alarming to see that individuals are apprehensive in talking to people sharing same profession or interests. The information which is exchanged online is more related to people’s own lives rather than any other fruitful knowledge. Individuals restrain from sharing information regarding their job or work online which does not help in analyzing their correct professional details. Further no comments can be made on a person’s performance or skill sets.nnWhether the social media tool will be successful in adhering to the corporate guidelines is still a question which is open for discussions. In order to extract benefits out of this system, we need to eradicate the obstacles at the ground level.nnShady sides of Social Networking Arena:nnHardly have we come across people chatting on how they will like their career to be or what competencies they need to build upon for future growth. Location details can be found but beyond this you really have to work hard to take out information. The only way left is to scrutinize and shortlist people on the basis of the information which is available. The consultant at times rejects people as they are not smart or are more fun lovers as perceived from their personal photographs attached to their profiles. This may lead to rejecting worthy guys and which is not appropriately justified.nnWhat are the steps to search for right information about the candidates?nnBased on the information available online, we shortlist few people who might fit into our criteria. Now how do you check whether the details are true and real. May be you can look through LinkedIn etc where that person probably have uploaded his resume otherwise it is certainly very difficult to judge at this point in time.nnIn order to make social media strategy work for our benefit, correct and real information needs to be floated online. Till the time this gap is there our relying on this medium is highly under a question mark.

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How Is Social Networking Effective For Recruiters?

10.27.2009 · Posted in Career Articles

How much social media or networking helping organizations to hire talented people? We find many recruiters nowadays effectively using social networking for hiring the best people for an organization. Now the question which needs to be answered is on whether this social networking can replace other recruiting tools.nnSocial networking these days is considered to be one of the most sought out solution for sourcing and recruiting employees in an organization by recruiters. However, the potential that lies in social networking still needs to be tapped to a greater extent.nnSocial networking have been successful to a handful of recruiters but that doesn’t mean it would be beneficial to all. Organizations need to figure out the answer to whether is it the right time to diverge from conventional tools to social networking approach as more and more recruiters preach and confirm social networking to be the best solution in the market these days.nnWhat are the thoughts that go in people’s mind when they are online and on social networking sites? We need to study how this behavior affects the online networking platform.nnWhat does the recruiter or hiring person thinks:nnThe hiring consultant is confident that as soon as he joins any social media site he is definitely going to get an access to an immense pool of talented professionals. On the various communities or specific networking groups he is confident to find people related to his industry or market. To check whether this statement is true we have to analyze what people want or think when they interact with one another on the social arena.nnThought that goes in people’s mind when they join social networking websites:nnThe whole sole purpose of people making online connections is to interact and socialize with friends with whom they rarely meet offline. They also look towards sharing and building their knowledge pool by involving in discussions and talks with others who have similar interests. However, there are only very few individuals who would choose social media to build or discuss great career prospects for future. I am keeping the professional networking sites like Linkedin etc out of these discussions as they are pure sites dedicated to working professionals. What we can conclude from here is that people take advantage of social networking to discuss their life events rather than building a strong professional network.nnThe conclusion which can be deduced from this is:nnIndividuals network size is quite small in comparison to their overall connection strength.nnWomen are more receptive to any post in comparison to men. A man will hardly talk to 4 people at a time while women might be hovering above 6. It would be alarming to see that individuals are apprehensive in talking to people sharing same profession or interests. The information which is exchanged online is more related to people’s own lives rather than any other fruitful knowledge. Individuals restrain from sharing information regarding their job or work online which does not help in analyzing their correct professional details. Further no comments can be made on a person’s performance or skill sets.nnWhether the social media tool will be successful in adhering to the corporate guidelines is still a question which is open for discussions. In order to extract benefits out of this system, we need to eradicate the obstacles at the ground level.nnShady sides of Social Networking Arena:nnHardly have we come across people chatting on how they will like their career to be or what competencies they need to build upon for future growth. Location details can be found but beyond this you really have to work hard to take out information. The only way left is to scrutinize and shortlist people on the basis of the information which is available. The consultant at times rejects people as they are not smart or are more fun lovers as perceived from their personal photographs attached to their profiles. This may lead to rejecting worthy guys and which is not appropriately justified.nnWhat are the steps to search for right information about the candidates?nnBased on the information available online, we shortlist few people who might fit into our criteria. Now how do you check whether the details are true and real. May be you can look through LinkedIn etc where that person probably have uploaded his resume otherwise it is certainly very difficult to judge at this point in time.nnIn order to make social media strategy work for our benefit, correct and real information needs to be floated online. Till the time this gap is there our relying on this medium is highly under a question mark.

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