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Business Human Resources How Is Social Networking Effective For Recruiters?
| How Is Social Networking Effective For Recruiters? |
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| Written by Amit Bhagria |
| Tuesday, 03 November 2009 08:40 |
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Do you think that the organizations have to wait for sometime before judging the real worth of social media? Social networking is helping recruiters to find the best people from the market. So do you suggest on replacing social networking to other recruitment tools which are been used in the industry? One of the best and better ways to find and recruit talent for an organization is via the social media route. However, many people and recruiters still believe the fact that its worth is still not explored to a larger extent. Social 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. What 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. Psychology of the Recruiter or Head Hunter: Recruiter assumes that connecting to an online or social media group will give him an easy access to a wide pool of talent. Further assumption is that communities or groups having similar background are more receptive to link to one another. To get a further understanding on this let us also consider the thought process that goes in the minds of people who are joining these networking sites. Why do people want to get involved in talking to others via social media? People look forward to stay in touch and connect with their friends. Most of the people interact through various social mediums to build strong and long term connections with their offline friends. They also look forward in gaining value by sharing information and their networks with others. Most of the individuals talk about their personal lives and very few indulge in career related activities or sharing their future aspirations with others. There are various dedicated sites on developing great career prospects however for our current discussion, I would like to keep them out of it. What can be figured out from this kind of behaviour of usage is: Individuals network size is quite small in comparison to their overall connection strength. Men responses are less if we compare it to any women. Six or more will be an average number of people with whom a female will be interacting while a man would manage to handle four at any point in time. The mixing of people with common background or profession is seen less as major talk revolves around sharing personal details and achievements. You are also not able to judge where that individual is working or what are his qualifications as people tend to avoid mentioning such details on their social networking profile. You are also not sure whether he has been successful in his profession or what his current employment status is till date. Whether 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. How much successful is Social Media? Hardly 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. How Do You Verify Online Details Of Candidates? Are you confident that the information sorted out via social media for any candidate will be 100% true. No obviously as there are no supporting documents or proofs attached. In this kind of a scenario my advice will be not to heavily rely on social media tool for your hiring needs. In 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. About the Author: Looking to find the best deal on social media tools, then visit http://www.younghrmanager.com to find the best advice on social media recruiting for you. Kindly provided by MoneyHunter.org You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include the link just before this text. |
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