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Recruitment moves on

Unless you’ve spent the past three years living under a rock, the growing impact of social media in modern-day society won’t have escaped your attention.

Facebook is no longer solely for teenagers, Twitter isn’t just a device to monitor your favourite celebrity and 100 million people worldwide are rushing to upload a virtual CV on LinkedIn.

The popularity of Social Networking continues to rise, especially with Google+ gaining over 20,000,000 users within three weeks of its launch.

Whether we like it or not, Social Media is here to stay. And it’s only going to get bigger.

In the Recruitment sector, opinion is divided as to whether this is a good or bad thing. What does it mean for the future, in terms of how we go about finding people for our jobs?  With LinkedIn recently giving users an ‘apply for job’ option, giving would-be candidates the option to apply for a position directly through the social network, it’s clear that social media websites are playing a growing role in the job recruitment process.

When recruiting, it’s important to maintain a sense of perspective here and keep our feet on the ground. Social media isn’t going to kill the CV any time soon. But to ignore Social Media websites altogether would be highly foolish.

Recruitment constantly evolves and it’s important to utilise all the tools that we have available. LinkedIn, in particular, gives us the opportunity to make a passive candidate active, approaching quality, highly skilled individuals discreetly.

Similarly, if you’re embracing modern technology and modern-day techniques in the application stage, the interviewing process needs to be adapted to reflect this.

As Recruitment moves on, so does interviewing – with the ‘standard’ one-to-one meeting no longer giving you enough assurance that you have the candidate you really want at a time when fewer employees are staying with a company for a significant period of time.

With passive candidates being approached for interview on social networking websites, it’s more important than ever for both you – the company – and the candidate to get a mutually clearer picture of each other.

One way of doing this is through LAB Profiling.

By using LAB profiling to tap into someone’s sub-conscious mind, you are not only guaranteeing that you have the best person for the position, but you’re also making the interview process much more meaningful and giving top candidates the assurance they need that they are making a sound career decision. Most importantly, you’re also using all of the tools at your disposal.

Sound interesting? Why not find out more about LAB Profiling and what it can offer your business.

Recrion is a specialist in career and talent management, and works with organisations to retain and motivate their employees.  For more information contact us on 01780 484910 or email katherine@recrion.co.uk .