Effectiveness of Social Media Recruitment on Employer Branding -A Study

Abstract

Social media is becoming increasingly more important in today’s world. It brings along offer and demand in accomplishment and choice. In addition to this it also gives employers the possibility to verify potential employers. This article presents associate wildcat investigation on the role of social networking sites in accomplishment. Social media is becoming increasingly more important in today’s world. It brings along offer and demand in achievement and choice. In addition to this it also gives employers the possibility to verify potential employers. This article presents Associate in nursing searching investigation on the role of social networking sites in achievement. Particularly Evolution of technology and the disruptive nature of social media in the twenty first century workplace is a central concern of this paper. The framework of exploring the perception that the use of social media for recruitment is devoid of any recruiter bias. The use of social media and its propensity to create a permanent digital record also raises interesting questions connected with the level at which individual’s experience a world in which constant digital surveillance has become the norm. This paper is focused on the usage of social networking sites. For human resources departments in the process of hiring new employees. It also maps the development and influence of social networking sites on recruiter’s behaviour and customs. The main aim is to find out, whether SNS will replace traditional online job boards in the current scenario.
 Our findings confirm the rising importance of social networking sites usage as a new recruiting technology. However, as a major player in the field of recruitment, job boards are still important. Social networking sites today can be seen as the most utilized services within Web 2.0, in which Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace have attracted hundreds of millions of users which integrated these sites into their daily practices. Because of the large number of individuals active on SNS, it is also frequently used as a tool for promoting purposes within businesses. So has social networking sites already have proven to be an effective tool for the branding of products and services (Constantinides, 2010). Even more recently SNS is increasingly used as a tool for promoting the employer brand, referring to the image of desirability and uniqueness as an employer. Employer Branding messages including story telling for inspiring people. Employer branding content that fits the special interests of the focus group. Employer branding advertisements for reaching new people. The findings suggest that participants perceive social networking sites as important tools for communicating the employer brand. This study contributes to research project by providing new insights into the usages of social media as a communication tool for leader stigmatization.