Employment agencies recruit via Facebook
29th October 2007 Research from the Association of Technology Staffing Companies shows that social networking sites like Facebook are increasingly being used to find potential staff. Whilst social networking sites are still relatively new – their popularity and growth has been astonishing – ATSCO’s research points to a growing trend in the recruitment environment to exploit the information.
The reports shows that a significant number of recruitment consultants (83%) use sites such as Facebook to fill vacancies.
Social networking sites can hold significant details on individuals and looking up profiles of potential employees has long been a tool that can be exploited but the extent of the usage has been surprising.
However networking sites can have a downside – users claim that comments and photographs placed on the sites may pose a threat to being hired and it’s important to place information on these sites into context.
