CAREER: Similar Trends in Job Search and Attracting Talent

If you look at trends both in jobseekers' actions, taken to find the long-waited dream opportunity, and companies or recruitment firms trying to find and attract top talent, a new trend has developed over the past years, a hype that seems unstoppable and comes with a fun factor: social networking.

Think about it – as a professional seeking a career change, would you send your application in reply to an advertisement, assuming that hundreds do the same in parallel, or would you rather discuss an actual opportunity with someone you are already connected with or who just approached you with regard to a (hidden) job opening? The answer seems crystal clear. But maybe the truth lies in-between?!

In most of the recent communication shared on the internet it seems that pure job sites would not have a long-lasting future ahead. But still many companies rely – and like to rely – on advertisements, for numerous reasons, e.g. attracting active candidates in a short time frame (although the cost involved adds some questions). Therefore, the actual job posting numbers have not significantly decreased (other than going with the overall economic development) in the past years. But social networking has built its way alongside. And networking seems to get more and more momentum with regard to headhunting and attracting future staff to organizations.

As a strategy for hiring companies and jobseekers alike, most HR gurus suggest that a well-designed mix of activities on job portals and networking sites would be the answer to a successful job search or hiring practice respectively.

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