Hire Social Media to Help You Find the Best Employees

As a hiring manager, you’ve got to use everything accessible to you find the best people for your company.

Have you thought about social media?

More and more job seekers are using social media; it’s a great place for hiring managers as well.

The job hunt goes both ways – you want to seek out the best possible candidates, but they are seeking you as well. Social media is a great place for this.

As the following article looks at, there are at least 7 ways for hiring managers to get the most out of social media.

They include:

1. Post job openings – When your company has a job opening, social media is one of the most important places to post it. Those seriously interested in working for you may very well be following your social media. They are the ones who may know your company and have been researching it. They may be the very ones you want working for you. By posting on social media, you’ll let them know when something becomes available. Tweet it with the right hashtag and post it on your Facebook page;
2. Twitter – Speaking of tweeting with the right hashtag, Twitter is an excellent venue for finding good candidates. By using smart hashtags, you’ll reach out to a lot of potential employees, and it’s a great way to begin engagement;
3. Learn about potential candidates – Just as these candidates are looking at your company’s social media, check out any potential hire’s social media. You can learn a lot from perusing their social media pages, sometimes a little too much. But it’s important to see how someone presents him or herself to the public eye;
4. LinkedIn – This is one of the obvious ones, but it’s a good one. You can use LinkedIn for not only finding candidates, but also engaging with them, even seeking referrals or references. It’s a place to do a little research before an interview as well, in both directions for you and the candidates;
5. Facebook – This is where a lot of people go first, so it’s smart to not only promote your brand and company here, but also to post information about hiring and open positions. Those that follow your page will be some of the first to know, and they may be the most interested and qualified;
6. Communicate and engage – Social media is a place where you can direct those in the hiring process to find more information or where you can engage a bit outside of the interview room;
7. Use niche social media – When you have specific social media related to your business, scour that for potential candidates. For one, they are savvy enough to be there, so they are a step ahead of the others already. Also, like other sites, it’s a good place to do a little pre-assessment.

Social media is a smart place to look for potential employees.

You may find just the right person for the job from a smart and savvy social networking encounter.

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