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Should You Be Using Social Media Screenings for Your Candidates?

Contract Recruiter

Facebook’s monthly active user numbers have been growing quarter over quarter since 2008, and they show no sign of slowing down. Chances are, to put it lightly, pretty good that your applicants have Facebook profiles. Chances are, to put it lightly, pretty good that your applicants have Facebook profiles. If so, when?

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How Working in Front of a Screen All Day Long is Harming Your Health

AkkenCloud

If you work in front of a screen all day long and then pick up your smartphone constantly when you’re away from your desk like I do, you might want to pay attention here. Its wavelengths are shorter than any other color in the visible light spectrum, emitting higher energy levels than any other color your eyes can perceive.

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Social Media Screening in the Security Industry

Social Intelligence

Yet just one-third of the employers surveyed are performing social media screening on their candidates. These include, but are not limited to: Healthcare , Education , Law Enforcement , Energy , and Finance. A security guard at a New Mexico hospital was also terminated after engaging in a Facebook conversation about his job.

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Should You Check An Applicant’s Social Media Accounts?

Recruiting Daily Advisor

According to a recent study, nearly 90% of employers are screening the profiles of job applicants and over 70% of Human Resources professionals say that they’ve held back a job offer because of something they spotted on social media. Here are a handful of do’s and don’t’s on screening the social media accounts of your applicants.

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Recruiting on Facebook – The Professional Network?

Prominence

By now every recruiter interested in online sourcing is aware of Facebook Graph search, most are probably less aware Graph Search has now gone ( take a read of this article from Tim Sackett for more information). The Graph Search advanced filters have been completely removed but searching on Facebook is still possible. Facebook Groups.

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10 Expert Talent Attraction Tips for Today’s Recruiters

JazzHR

6) Develop a strong social media presence Speaking of social media, optimize your profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter (or X, or whatever it’s called now), and other platforms to promote open roles and better show off your culture. Stay active by posting regular updates, sharing company news, and featuring employee stories.

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The Benefits of Internal vs External Recruitment

Hireserve

It saves time, energy and money. Our Smart Talent Search feature allows you to set specific skills and requirements as weighted keywords, which our system will then use to screen your applicant database and sift out the most appropriate candidates. Recruitment is an expensive, time-consuming and exhausting process.

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