Social Networking is becoming the fastest growing way of filling a job vacancy and the easiest way for potential employees to look for job vacancies.
The recession has also changed the ways in how Companies recruit and it has most definitely helped in growing the Recruitment Social networking phenomenon.
Companies can no longer afford the recruitment agency fees and some fees are huge so they are looking for alternatives.
Recruitment networking is so straightforward as well, companies just post their vacancies on Twitter, Job Hop, Face book (and if they wish the many others out there) and contain a link back to their company and job details.
In some cases the response can be overwhelming, where the vacancy has been passed on and retweeted etc. You do need to be exact in what you require as it's best to get a few excellent ones than hundreds that you are not sure about.
The beauty for the employer is that they don't have to just go on a c.v prior to interviewing. Through social networking sites if the candidate seems suitable then you can get a better insight to that person by viewing their profile, reading their blogs, checking out pics and videos etc
For the potential candidate they have to keep their profile up to date and really treat it like their shop window to advertise themselves. It may be an idea to have a personal and a professional profile to keep things seperate or use a site like Job Hop purely for your professional job seeking profile.
And of course social networking is Free!
So is it the end of the Recruitment Agency?