Eau Claire, Wi. (WEAU)-- When you think of sites like Facebook and Twitter, you probably think of connecting with friends, and loved ones through updates and photos.
Now, more and more job seekers and employers are taking their search to social networking sites to find possible employees.
Social media is an excellent tool to use for recruiting. It's one that we are just starting to use in a couple of our areas, says Dale Peters the Director of Human Services for the City of Eau Claire.
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are some of the sites that the city is using to look for possible employees.
Tegan Ruland, Manager of Internal Operations at the Eau Claire City-County Health Department, says in addition to traditional job postings, the city is looking to expand it's reach to potential employees.
We've been getting between 1 and 400 views on Facebook, depending on the position, and it's increasing, says Ruland.
It's really just being resourceful on our part. Posting jobs can be quite expensive. We want to be good stewards of the funding that we have and use all available sources to do that. It's still important that we reach certain audiences that are looking. It is just expanding that in no cost to us, says Ruland.
Peters says the posts help to shorten response times, so they can fill those open positions faster and get back up to full staff.
Response time is very important and that varies by position. Of course response time is wonderful if you're getting quality candidates, but you can't always be assured that social media is going to bring in the best candidates. We're going to have to look at that and study the results of the quality of the applications that we receive. We think it could be a very powerful tool, says Peters.
I think it's something businesses should consider doing to reach an expanded demographic, says Ruland.
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