February 4, 2009

Recruiters Can Be Found At......

Recruiters and other HR professionals are appearing on professional and social online network groups.

But before I discuss the main topic permit me to sidetrack a bit in order to set up why I decided to talk about (once again) why you have to cast a wide net in your job search and consider tapping into a social network groups.
 

I read an article today that talked about how online job board postings have dropped by 23% over the past 2 months. The writer cites a report written by a research group who reported the reason in the decline was due to a less in demand for labor. I think that is partly true. However, what was missing in that article is what alternatives are employers taking to fill attrition.

In today's climate employers are charging their HR department to think out of the box to find and implement cost effective or no cost methods to find candidates. Posting jobs on job boards or in newspapers can be very expensive and have an impact on a company's budget. An employer who is watching his/her budget may be apprehensive about vesting thousands of dollars and a year long contract to advertise openings in their company using these venues. Especially when there are other methods to find new talent for their company such as online social network groups.

One site that is attracting and building a membership base of industry Recruiters is Twitter. Twitter currently has more than 140 Recruiters who tweet and follow other's updates. If you are not familiar with Twitter you may assume from reading this is that this social media is exclusive to Recruiters and HR professionals. But it is not. The Twitter base is swelling beyond 100,000 common people. Twitter has been described as walking into a room of conversations and looking for a "hook" to decide if and when to jump in. So, how do you connect with some of these Recruiters?

If you click this link http://twitter.grader.com/search?Term=recruiter you will find the most influential Recruiters on Twitter. You can follow their updates and learn about job openings and hiring events they are working on.

2 comments:

Sherasaurus said...

Great!

Nice blog you have here. I also find that this blog have very useful information. keep up the good work.

Sherley,
http://www.resumecandidate.com

John Papers said...

I read the article and I really liked it..
Thanks for the great post..
John..

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