Jobvite Source Lets Recruiters Post Trackable Job Links to Facebook Accounts of Employees

July 7th, 2011 By Josh Constine
Jobvite Source is a social recruiting platform that helps recruiters reach high quality job candidates cheaply by allowing them to distribute trackable job posting links to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Employees of a company can give Facebook permissions to Jobvite Source, and a recruiter can then post links on their behalf. Jobvite Source also offers Page tab app that can allow companies list job openings.

Other companies such as BranchOut and Monster are building full fledged professional network apps within Facebook. Jobvite doesn’t believe companies need a middle man to reach Facebook users, though, and that news feed stories posted by friends return  [read more]

5 Social Media Recruiting Tools for Small Business

May 23, 2011 by Donna Wells
Back in the day, I ran big organizations with fat budgets and spent a lot of money on recruiters — sometimes with good results. Now, in my fifth startup, I want and have to do recruiting personally. 

Since time is the only resource more scarce than dollars, I’m always on the hunt for slick new tools and apps that can address the labor-intensive process of finding and hiring great people. With the advent of social media and cloud apps, there are some great new solutions out there. From automated applicant responses to upgraded versions of old recruitment standbys, there’s a new guard of socially focused recruiting tools designed for your every hiring need. Here are a five to take note of.

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1. The Resumator

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What it is: Applicant tracker, social recruiter, email replacer
How it works: This tool helps hiring managers keep real-time tabs on where their job listings are posted and who’s looking at them. Upload a job description to the site and it automatically posts it to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. After that, The Resumator tracks candidate resumes, and applies its own algorithm to rank applicants on a five-star scale. Better yet, it takes care of a part of the hiring process that often gets shortchanged — sending automated email replies when resumes are received and when a candidate must be declined. It also has a Twitter-like “What Makes You Unique” feature, where applicants describe what sets them apart in 150 characters or less. It’s a great way to quickly get a sense of the candidate’s personality.
Cost: $49 to $399 per month, based on volume

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2. Jobvite

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What it is: End-to-end social web recruiting and tracking tool
How it works: Jobvite is an SaaS platform that delivers a seamless and social recruiting process before, during and after the interview. It leverages the very best source for great hires — your own employees — by allowing them to see your company’s open jobs and send targeted invitations to their friends on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Once their friends or contacts get into the pipeline, the referring employee can track the interview process. The tool also matches..[read more]

Employment Site Monster Starting a Network on Facebook

by Todd Wasserman

Monster is adapting its job search functionality to social networking with BeKnown, an app that lets users set up a professional network on Facebook.

BeKnown, set to go live on Monday, will let Monster users import their data to Facebook and set up professional networks there as well. Matthew Mund, global vice president of product for Monster, reasons that since Facebook has around 700 million members, most people are on it already. “This is the path of least resistance,” Mund says. “You can manage your professional identity and your social identity in one place.” BeKnown will also be targeted at [read full article]