{"id":1718,"date":"2015-09-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:51:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:51:50","slug":"how-i-use-facebook-to-recruit-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/how-i-use-facebook-to-recruit-you-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Use Facebook to Recruit YOU!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<!--<a href=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/FacebookRecruiting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1719\" src=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/FacebookRecruiting.jpg\" alt=\"FacebookRecruiting\" width=\"613\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>-->I get asked daily &#8220;Where do you find your candidates?&#8221;.\u00a0 I kind of have to giggle every time I hear that question.\u00a0\u00a0 The reason I giggle is because most people don&#8217;t realize how large their digital footprint really is on the web.\u00a0 I would venture to say when a candidate thinks of recruiting in 2015, most think about LinkedIn.\u00a0 While LinkedIn is a vital part of the recruiting process, if we (as recruiters) relied only on LinkedIn we would not be successful at all. Our competition would be kicking our butt.<\/p>\n<p>As a <a href=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/8-questions-to-ask-a-salesperson-before-hiring-2\/\">recruiter for sales people<\/a> in the technology field, I see that most candidates and sales people have a LinkedIn profile.\u00a0 You know what else most people have?\u00a0 A Facebook account.\u00a0 Yes, I have said it before and I will say it again, <a href=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/5-ways-recruiters-will-find-you\/\">recruiters are detectives<\/a>.\u00a0 We will scour the web to find out as much as we possibly can about a candidate.\u00a0 We look to see what you are tweeting.\u00a0 We are reading your blogs.\u00a0 We are looking at the activity feed on your LinkedIn account.<\/p>\n<p>You are probably asking &#8220;What kind of information are you looking for on my Facebook account?&#8221;\u00a0 The answer is simple.\u00a0 I am trying to get to know who you are.\u00a0 Sure, a resume tells you what kind of work you do, but I want to<a href=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/how-to-impress-a-recruiter-2\/\"> asses you as an individual also<\/a>.\u00a0 Culture is becoming such an integral part of the puzzle in today&#8217;s hiring.\u00a0 I want to know your interests, what kind of activities you are involved in and who you are as a person.<\/p>\n<p>See, I don&#8217;t hide anything from anyone.\u00a0 My social presence is who I am as an individual.\u00a0 I share pictures of my family, my love for the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Astros, Ole Miss, and blog posts that I have written.\u00a0 Why in the world would I do that?\u00a0 The reason is because that is who I am.\u00a0 That is what makes me different from the next individual.\u00a0 THAT is what makes me real.<\/p>\n<p>You have probably read the things &#8220;not to post&#8221; on Facebook.\u00a0 I agree that there are things you shouldn&#8217;t share with the world and on social media.\u00a0 I also don&#8217;t want you to be scared of social media.\u00a0 Social Media will give you a competitive advantage over other candidates if used correctly.<\/p>\n<p>I know this post will be controversial because many will take it as I am discriminating against individuals.\u00a0 I am not discriminating, rather uncovering what passions you have for in life.\u00a0 I believe that we are all created differently and I truly want to know what gets you out of bed every morning.\u00a0 I may not agree with you, or share the same interests and that is fine. What I want to see is passion and fire.\u00a0 I want to hire the best of the best.\u00a0 You can&#8217;t always get that from Facebook, but you may get a glimpse.<\/p>\n<p>I also use Facebook increasingly every day to ask colleagues if they know anybody for a particular role. My Facebook friends are people I trust and they may be more willing to help than my thousands of LinkedIn connections.\u00a0 I have made several key hires from asking my Facebook friends for connections this year.<\/p>\n<p>I also like to &#8220;add Facebook friends&#8221; with the candidates I feel like I have made deep relationships with during the recruiting process . Why not?\u00a0 They are the people I have grown to really like and who else would be better to help spread the word.\u00a0 I am friends with a ton of recruiters on Facebook also.\u00a0 These recruiting relationships can help spread the word faster than most.\u00a0 It is strategic and you should consider the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Did you realize the importance of using Facebook to recruit?\u00a0 You should now.\u00a0 Stop putting all your eggs in the LinkedIn basket.\u00a0 There are other ways to find top talent.\u00a0 I would like to hear your story!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/@willrecruits.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1358\" src=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/@willrecruits.png\" alt=\"@willrecruits\" width=\"184\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/subscribe2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-401\" src=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/subscribe2.png\" alt=\"subscribe\" width=\"308\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\t\t<!\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I get asked daily &#8220;Where do you find your candidates?&#8221;.\u00a0 I kind of have to giggle every time I hear that question.\u00a0\u00a0 The reason I giggle is because most people don&#8217;t realize how large their digital footprint really is on the web.\u00a0 I would venture to say when a candidate thinks of recruiting in 2015, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[578,135,283,137,341,127],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How I Use Facebook to Recruit YOU! 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