| Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. | | | | | | | | | | | | | JANUARY 11, 2010 | | Use Social Media to Reach the Right Job Applicants | | | In this job market, posting an open position on a major job board can mean spending a week reviewing thousands of résumés. Try using social media to help you reach the right candidates more efficiently. Tools such as Facebook and Twitter ensure that your job posting gets spread to people who are in the target industry or at the career level you are looking for. Post your next job opening on LinkedIn, Facebook, and on your own blog. Tweet the URL of your posting. People who are connected to you on one of these tools are more likely to be, or know, the right candidate for the job. | | | | | | Read the full post and join the discussion » | | | | | | RELATED PRODUCT |  | | | Gen Y in the Workforce | | | HBR Case Study | | | Josh Lewis, a young staffer at Rising Entertainment, is frustrated because his boss, marketing chief Sarah Bennett, won't listen to his ideas about using new media to promote films. He works up a plan and pitches it to the CEO in the hallway. The CEO loves it, but Sarah is upset with Josh for going over her head. How can these members of two different generations work together effectively? | | | | | | | | | | ADVERTISEMENT | | | |  | | | | | | | Follow the Tip: |  |  | | | | | ALSO OF INTEREST | | | | | | PREVIOUS TIPS | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Copyright © 2010 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved.
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