Last month I had my first hire from Facebook.
It wasn’t about joining lots of groups or ”joining their conversation”. It was simple, like good old-fashioned networking. Here’s the play-by-play…
I updated my status to “Looking for a QA Specialist – Know anyone???”.
So all 142 of my friends saw it…or at least the ones who regularly check their FB page.
The next day I get a direct mail in my Facebook account from a really close friend of mine who, incidentally, I had just spent all day Saturday with watching soccer and drinking craft brews.
I knew he was a QA Specialist and he knew I was a recruiter. But I thought he was happy with his job. It just so happened that the day after we hung out, he and his girlfriend split up and he decided he wanted to move closer to home. He had also been contemplating a move from his job too. So he saw my Facebook status and contacted me.
I got him an interview. He got the job. It took 9 business days.
Moral of the story: Never assume that the people in your network are not interested…or that they don’t know someone who is. The experts talk too much about building thousands of friends and infiltrating relevant groups…but sometimes, all you need is your own personal network.
Have you ever recruited someone from Facebook? Send me your story…
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