Recruitment seminar 'will address social media mysteries'

By John Oak

The recruitment industry will host a conference this summer to examine the impact of social media on the staffing process, it has been revealed.

Entitled Social Media In Recruitment, the event will take place in London on July 16th 2009.

The seminar will discuss themes including how companies can use LinkedIn to promote vacancies and source new candidates, how to use Twitter, TwitterJobSearch.com and search engines for recruitment and how to advertise positions with online videos.

Mike Taylor, founder of Web-Based-Recruitment.com, stated that there is currently a great deal of interest in social media and how it can be used effectively in recruitment.

"However, there is also a lot of confusion about how get started and therefore the conference will focus on helping recruiters understand exactly what social media is and how it can be used effectively," he added.

Earlier this week, search engine TipTopJob stressed that social media websites can have both a positive and negative effect on helping candidates find employment.

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Filed: 12-05-2009