The use of Social Networking Sites in modern recruitment – empirical study

• Authors: Łukasz Sułkowski , Michał Chmielecki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Current changes in technology and the role of the Internet open up new opportunities for companies both to communicate and to work. The fact that Social Media entered the business landscape, and in particular the recruitment landscape leads to a demand for knowledge about recruitment trends regarding social media. Contemporary social media and recruitment texts have been reviewed in order to identify what impact social media is having on the recruitment industry. It focuses on how companies and recruitment professionals are taking advantage of the social media landscape to recruit talented people. Relevant existing research has been reviewed and primary research conducted (both qualitative and quantitative). The authors have conducted 8 IDIs with recruiter from various industries. The latter consisted of 147 CAWIs with employees from various Polish organizations from several different industries. The article presents interesting results that can be especially useful for recruitment managers, specialists and company owners. It is recommended that in order to gain a fuller picture of the issues underlying the findings, quantitative research on a bigger scale should be undertaken.

Keywords

EN

social media; social networking sites; recruitment industry; research results

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Przedsiębiorczość i Zarządzanie
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 63-73

Dates

online

2014-08-15

Contributors

author

Łukasz Sułkowski

• University of Social Sciences

author

Michał Chmielecki

• University of Social Sciences

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/eam-2014-0017