Social recruitment a credible alternative to traditional recruitment: A review

Abstract

It is now a practice everywhere to use internet based services and computer technologies to support all aspects of recruitment activity. The recent outburst of SNSs (Social Networking Sites) as a major resource of recruitment manifests its potential in this area. As in every new concept it also poses certain questions which need to be addressed. These question includes first of all accuracy of information available on SNSs, simplicity of accessing the pool of potential applicants, privacy issue, virtual costs involved and nevertheless benefits it provide and wide variety of information they provide, their effects on equality and multiplicity in the hiring process. In this paper an honest attempt has been made to study the utilization of social networking by employers to hire potential candidates by using various social networking sites