Have you considered using a social media recruiting strategy? With the average internet user having more than five accounts, social media is a hive of potential candidates just waiting for you to pick from. However, there’s more to social media recruiting than simply messaging candidates to gauge their level of interest in your position. Today we discuss how you can find new employees using social media, plus why it works so well for small businesses like yours.

 

How to Master Social Media Recruiting for Your Business 

 

With 91% of recruiters visiting a candidate’s networking profiles and 69% rejecting candidates based on what they saw, social media is already being widely used as a tool to recruit new employees. However, there’s more to it than just posting your job ad and checking out the profiles of those who applied. Here are four ways you can recruit successfully on social media:• Join in the right conversations – rather than being active everywhere, narrow down your focus to the groups and even the hashtags which are most appropriate to the position you are recruiting for.

Next, we’ll discuss why you should be regularly using social media in your recruitment efforts.

 

Benefits of Using Social Media As a Recruitment Tool

 

There are plenty of benefits to using social media when recruiting for new employees. These include:

At Career Insights, we’re here to help you with all of your recruitment needs, including using social media. For a confidential chat about how we can help you find the perfect candidates, please contact us today.