article thumbnail

Using Social Media to Enhance Your Career Prospects

Recruiting Blogs

Social media has been a world-changing phenomenon. However, the last 10 years have seen a huge spike in both users of social media and reasons for using it. In 2019, there were 3.486 billion active users on social media, equating to nearly half of the entire population having a social media presence.

article thumbnail

Using Social Media to Enhance Your Career Prospects

Recruiting Blogs

Social media has been a world-changing phenomenon. However, the last 10 years have seen a huge spike in both users of social media and reasons for using it. . In 2019, there were 3.486 billion active users on social media , equating to nearly half of the entire population having a social media presence.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

60% Employers Use Social Media to Screen Job Candidates

CareerBuilder

According to CareerBuilder’s annual social media recruitment survey of more than 2,000 hiring managers and HR professionals and more than 3,000 full-time U.S. workers, 60 percent of employers revealed they use social networking sites to research job candidates. Why employers seek out social media profiles.

article thumbnail

Harnessing the Power of Mobile: The Recruiter’s Guide to Success

AkkenCloud

Gone are the days when recruitment was primarily about in-person interviews, manual filekeeping, and sorting through towering stacks of paper resumes. Video Interviews : Video interviewing apps are a game-changer for recruiters. A standout innovation that has ushered in this new era is the proliferation of mobile applications.

Mobile 52
article thumbnail

11 Mobile Recruitment Power Tips

AkkenCloud

Real-time Communication: Deep Dive: Beyond chatbots, consider integrating AI-driven assistant tools that can answer FAQs, schedule interviews, or even conduct preliminary screening, ensuring candidates aren’t left waiting. Social Media Integration: Deep Dive: Use tailored strategies for each platform.

article thumbnail

Embracing the Virtual World: Why Some Pandemic-Era Hiring Practices Are Here to Stay

Recruiting Daily Advisor

It’s still about using social media and e-mail to stay in contact (and even more so), and it’s still about one’s knowledge of a specific industry and harnessing technology to attain the most successful recruitments. Traveling for an in-person interview during the pandemic is simply not viable. The Pros and Cons.

article thumbnail

How to Enhance Your Career Prospects

Recruiting Blogs

Social media has been a phenomenon. However, the last 10 years have seen a huge spike in both users of social media and reasons for using it. billion active users on social media , equating to more than half of the entire population having a social media presence which is 424 million more new users than last year.