A recent article that I read talked about employers being warned about not putting too much trust in using social media, to solely recruit for new employees into their businesses.

The findings of this article stated that 57% of employers are searching for potential candidates on sites such as LinkedIn .  However only 5% of those individuals surveyed would actually hire individuals from these social networking sites.  In comparison to this, 19% of respondents said that they would hire primarily from recruitment consultancies with 76% preferring to use a specialist agency.

These are very interesting findings which will lead me to believe that whilst these sites are fantastic in terms of building your network of contacts and profile, they are limited in terms of ensuring that you are using a multi-layered approach to find the best talent in the market place.

Many of our clients will rely on us to use this approach to find their new employees and whilst we will use social networking to headhunt and source candidates, we will still use many other mediums, particularly focussing our efforts on referrals and recommendations to our business.  Our clients will also be very reliant on the fact that we will have met candidates sent to meet them face to face, that all will be fully referenced and this then in turn still highlights the importance of specialised recruitment consultancies.

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