Social media…social recruiting…social networking…call it what you want but don’t call it ‘useless’ for lack of tools/solutions to make life in this Web 2.0 world easier. I just participatedin a great demo with Jobvite (I think Matt talks faster than I do!) and was truly impressed with all the features and functionality of this product/software/interface/ATS/SaaS. Built on Web 2.0 technologies (has a nice ring to it), Jobvite would be one of the tools in my arsenal if I were a human resources professional or recruiter or employer for that matter.
It’s so robust, it’s almost scary! Imagine being able to provide all of your employees the ability to tap into all of their social networks (think Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and promote your company career opportunities. And, be able to track every point of contact through the entire dialogue. Jobvite has an amazing matching technology that enables recruiters (and employees) to promote specific career opportunities only to the people in their networks that would qualify or be interested in that specific opportunity. Talk about finding a needle in a haystack!
Recruiters can open the lines of communication about specific career opportunities through the synchronization of Jobvite with their Outlook contacts, email a specific opportunity to all employees (or specific groups of employees) and announce a specific position to select LinkedIn or Facebook contacts (based upon available profile information). Jobvite immediately scans a person’s profile on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter for job relevancy, location, job title or industry and lets the recruiter select which individuals (in their network) they’d like to “Jobvite.” In a few clicks, your opportunities could be sent around the world! Makes my head spin
I could go on and on about the other functions (“Work with Us” Facebook app, scan a potential candidates social imprint, create custom trackable URLs for external site promotions, etc.) but time is flying by and my emails are piling up and I haven’t even read half of my Google Reader articles…stay tuned…
