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Social recruiting: How to attract employees via social media, apps & co.

Social recruiting has become an important method in modern recruitment, with many people sharing their professional profiles and activities online. Apps such as talentefinder allow companies to quickly access potential talent for their job vacancies and build relationships with candidates before formal application processes begin.

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ACTIVE SOURCING VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

What is social recruiting?

Social recruiting refers to the use of social media platforms for recruiting employees. As a company, you can use platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, XING and talentefinder to find potential candidates, share job offers, interact with applicants and strengthen your employer brand. 

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Effective social recruiting with talentefinder

YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, XING - the list of social media platforms is long. talentefinder has joined the ranks and has quickly become one of the best apps for social recruiting. 

The principle is as simple as it is ingenious: candidates and companies create meaningful profiles and can like or dislike each other. If there is mutual interest, a match is generated and real-time communication is activated in talentefinder.

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How does recruitment via social media work?

HR can use social media in a variety of ways to address its target group. It is important that HR teams understand the social platforms in order to communicate effectively and directly with suitable applicants. The following methods can be used to optimize recruiting with talentefinder:

Share job vacancies

Publish vacancies on your company profile and on the talentefinder job wall. Define clear requirement profiles to attract the right talent for your company.

Publish job advertisements
Using the job wall
Address qualified candidates

Employer branding

Use your company profile on talentefinder to present the culture of your company. Share employee stories and the values of your company as well as insights into your daily business. This way, you can leave a lasting impression on talents with social recruiting and generate more matches.

Meaningful profiles
Convey company culture
Promising matches

Targeted search for talent

With talentefinder's intelligent search and filter functions, you can narrow down your pool of applicants. Use the targeted search to identify qualified candidates with the required skills and experience more quickly.

Search and filter functions
Effective active sourcing

Advertise events

Publish your company's events in addition to open jobs. talentefinder has proven itself repeatedly in the implementation of hybrid events and the marketing of live events. Social recruiting pays off, for example, when dates can be arranged in advance for events with potentially suitable applicants.

Hybrid & live events
Appointments with talents

Direct approach

Social recruiting enables your recruiters to get in touch with potential candidates directly. Recruiters can engage with candidates via talentefinder in real-time chat or video meetings.

Chat function
High-quality video calls

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LOW-COST RECRUITMENT

What are the costs of social recruiting?

Social recruiting costs can vary depending on the strategies and platforms chosen.

Human resources

The allocation of human resources is an important cost factor.

Monitoring
Applicant communication
Content creation

Training and training materials

Investment in training for employees is necessary to improve their understanding and skills in social recruiting.

Tools & software

Using specialized tools and software for social recruiting can incur costs.

Analytics platforms
Planning tools
Social media management tools
Applicant tracking systems

External service providers and agencies

Companies can commission external agencies or service providers for a fee to use their expertise in social recruiting.

Measuring success and analysis

Implementing analytics tools to measure social recruiting success is critical and may require financial resources.

Content creation

Creating quality content for social media channels may require external resources or internal labor for graphic design, video production, copywriting or interactive content creation.

Advertising costs

Companies invest in advertising budgets for paid ads on social media platforms. The costs vary depending on the platform, target size, reach of the ads and the selected advertising objectives.

SUCCESS WITH SOCIAL RECRUITING

Increasing digitalization in recruiting

In its research on "Recruiting Trends 2018" the University of Bamberg paid particular attention to social recruiting and active sourcing. The survey of the 1,000 largest companies in Germany revealed that 75% rated the increasing digitalization of recruitment as positive or even necessary. Of the 300 largest German IT companies, 8 out of 10 respondents were even in favor of this.

Overall, more than half of the companies stated that they had now coordinated the use of social media with other recruitment activities. Companies emphasized that recruiters need to learn new skills in order to use social recruiting effectively.

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How can you generate maximum visibility for job vacancies and increase your chances of promising matches? We will show you how you can use our app optimally for recruitment. 

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Social recruiting funnels

Social recruiting funnels refer to the process of guiding potential applicants through various stages - similar to a marketing funnel. Through their active participation on talentefinder, companies can build an applicant pipeline, create awareness and motivate talent to apply. Even if there are no current vacancies, they can identify potential candidates, get them excited about their company and stay in touch.

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Is using social media effective for recruitment?

Yes, social media has proven to be an extremely effective method for recruiting. Not only is the desired target group addressed directly with suitable job offers, but two-way interaction is encouraged and information can be kept up to date with ease.

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STEP BY STEP

Social recruiting: a guide

What does a promising recruitment strategy with talentefinder look like?

1. Set goals

Define clear and measurable goals for your social recruiting efforts. Possible goals include increasing the number of applications, building a talent pipeline, increasing the company's visibility or improving employer branding.

2. Analysis of target groups

Identify your target groups on talentefinder. By analyzing your target groups, you can better adapt your messages and address qualified applicants.

3. Optimize your company profile

Make sure your company profile is complete and appealing. This includes a clear description of the company culture, current vacancies, employee stories and other relevant information.

4. Content Strategy

Develop a content strategy that targets the interests of your target audience. How regularly do you want to be active on social media? Which insights do you want to share?

5. Share job vacancies and events

Regularly share appealing content such as job vacancies and events for your target group on talentefinder. Actively use the job wall and like suitable talents.

6. Measurement and analysis

Implement tools to measure success and analyze your social recruiting activities. Monitor key figures such as reach or number of applications from talentefinder.

7. Adjustment and optimization

Continuously adapt your strategy based on the data collected. Identify successful approaches and optimize your social recruiting efforts via talentefinder accordingly.

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Possible advantages and disadvantages of social recruiting

Advantages:
Reach and visibility: Social recruiting enables an enormous reach. For example, companies can use talentefinder to quickly and cost-effectively distribute job vacancies and events to a large target group.

Direct interaction with candidates: Through social media such as talentefinder, companies can interact directly with potential candidates. This enables more personal and direct recruitment.

Strengthening the employer brand: Social recruiting offers the opportunity to strengthen the employer brand by sharing insights into the company culture, which appeals to potential candidates.

Disadvantages:
Time and resources required: managing social media channels requires time and effort. Due to its dynamic nature, social recruiting can require continuous updating and interaction to be effective.

Oversaturation and competition: Due to the large number of job offers on social platforms, it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd. Competition for talent's attention is also high on talentefinder.

Potentially unqualified applications: Due to the wide-ranging nature of social recruiting, companies can also receive a lot of interest from candidates who may not meet all the desired qualifications. talentefinder counteracts this risk with the Swipe & Match system.

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