2nd Social Media In Recruitment Conference, April 2010 at the British Library in London

Here are some “number one tips” to help you with Social Media In Recruitment from some of the speakers of the 2nd Social Media In Recruitment Conference in London:

  • Josh Smith (Facebook)

Use it as an advertising tool and try different creative ideas, different target groups in order to find your exact audience.

  • Lisa Scales (TalentOnView.com)

My advice for someone new entering the world of social media is that do not try to do all at once because it will be a failure, but choose something you are interested in and start working towards some plans.

  • Bill Boorman (Bill Boorman Consultancy)

Begin with the ending mind: before you are going to it decide what you want out of it.

  • Andy Headworth (Sirona Consulting)

Do not preach just engage and enjoy.

  • Paul Harrison (Carve Consulting)

First just listen to these conversations going on about and between your business, employees, potential employees, etc. and that will be the bases to get involved.

  • Alan Whitford (RCEuro.com)

Like Nike says ” Just do it”!

James Caan (www.James-Caan.com) about Social Media in Recruitment on the 1st Social Media In Recruitment Conference in London, 2009

…When the internet started everybody thought that the internet will destroy the industry, but after a while it became clear that just the opposite happened and the internet made the recruitment industry much more efficient. Time and cost savings: the way how we generate candidates today is far more efficient  and cost efficient than before. The cost of advertising were always very expensive, but online job boards decreased the advertising costs in some cases even with 80%. Before an advertising in a newspaper could cost around 10.000 EUR but today for just some hundreds of euros we can generate candidates, a huge difference.

Social Media like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. are the next phase in this recruitment revolution and will have a huge effect on recruitment. Very valuable and innovative tools with which far more reactive and pro-active service can be provided to our clients…

[Ref: http://www.socialmediainrecruitment.com]