IT recruitment

Social recruitment in the technology industry

We all know that only technical knowledge is not enough to make a great IT professional. With the abundance of different types of skills and the spike in technology, it is easy to get snowed in while trawling IT recruitment agencies searching for specific technical and interpersonal skills among IT talent.

Social recruiting is the best way of getting to know people beyond the list of technical expertise they have

Social recruiting is the best way of getting to know people beyond the list of technical expertise they have, enabling organisations to find real talent among technically capable candidates looking for jobs in IT. Social media is also the preferred method of communication among young people, with even those who are more reserved personally getting very comfortable expressing themselves through social technologies.

Sign up and start building your Talent Community today

Social recruitment case studies

• McAfee

  

  McAfee is driven to provide the broadest range of solutions, making it easy for their customers to be secure from emerging and known threats. Read more »

Read more: Social recruiting in the IT sector

The social responsibility of unlocking Gen Y potential

Generation Yers are regarded as Social Citizens, representing an era of citizen participation that combines idealism, digital fluency and immersion in social causes. Growing up online has meant Gen Y has inherited innate social media skills, a threshold competency that no previous generation has had entering the work force. Given the current depressed job market, Gen Yers must realize the power they have at their fingertips. Read more »