{"id":315,"date":"2012-04-18T13:46:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T18:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/articles.pcrecruiter.net\/?p=315"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:39:29","slug":"recruitment-software-how-important-is-social-media-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/2012\/04\/18\/recruitment-software-how-important-is-social-media-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruitment Software: How Important is Social Media Integration?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now, most companies know how important it is to have a good recruitment software<\/a> system in place. But how does your company value that software\u2019s ability to integrate with social media?<\/p>\n

Last year, Jobvite released its annual Social Recruiting Survey and introduced the new Jobvite Index, both of which unveil how recruiters are using social media<\/a>. The data prove that social media is becoming more and more important in the recruiting process.<\/p>\n

Overall, the number of companies planning to recruit through social media increased from 83 percent to 89 percent last year. At the same time, 64 percent of companies were using at least two social networks for their recruiting efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe data show that recruiting departments, like marketing departments, are reaching and engaging their targets in multiple social networks,\u201d Dan Finnigan, Jobvite president and CEO, said in a company press release. \u201cThe fastest moving companies increasingly use the richness of profiles in LinkedIn, the power of online connections in Facebook, and the instant reach of Twitter to develop valuable talent pools and make new hires.\u201d
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\nSome other key findings of the survey include:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n