Most Businesses Use Social Nets for Hiring
Nearly three-quarters of companies recruit on social sites Online job boards and third-party search firms may be losing out to social media when companies search for new employees, based on June 2010 research from recruiting platform Jobvite. Nearly three-quarters of companies surveyed were using social networks for recruiting, and 58.1% said they had successfully hired [...]
Does Social Media Make Taking Time Off Harder?
Summer is almost here, and that means vacation time for many employees. Or does it? The US has the highest percentage of mobile workers in its workforce, according to February 2010 data from IDC, with 75.5% of the workforce, or 119.7 million people, expected to be mobile by 2013. And 79% of them plan on [...]
Online Social Networks Change HR Recruiting Game
As hiring demands at US companies increase, many budget-constrained HR professionals and recruiting teams are turning to online social networks and social media platforms to reach potential job candidates in more cost-effective and efficient ways than they have in the past, according to a recent survey and report from corporate staffing consulting firm JCSI. Recruiters [...]
