Building Talent Communities through Social Media: It’s Who You Know

The shortest and fastest route to great talent is through your best employees and contractors and their trusted networks.  Social media has proven to be an effective way to reach those networks. Most recruiters have mastered the techniques of announcing open positions on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.  The use of talent exchanges to engage freelancers is growing.  New social networking sites that focus on a particular specialty are being launched every day.  Industry watchers are encouraging companies to build their “social brand”.

How does one make sense of this “wild west” of social recruiting?  What approaches are most effective?  Are there risks associated with the use of these approaches? How does a company integrate social media with existing approaches to workforce sourcing and management?

Revolutionary new applications of social media concepts and tools enable you to go beyond social recruiting to building a “social talent community”. 

In this webinar, we will discuss

• Ways to take advantage of the speed, reach and cost savings available through social recruiting without increasing your exposure to legal or other liabilities.  
• How to build a sourcing strategy that blends together agencies, job boards and social recruiting.
• The use of crowdsourcing to lower your project costs and risks.
• How to achieve the true cost benefits of a social talent community.
• The implications for traditional human capital and recruiting tools such as career websites, VMS and ATS systems.