New recruiting tools

Isn't it amazing how companies are recruiting for jobs these days. I was in a McDonald's restaurant the other day and sitting on a table was a laptop like device that was purely used for job applications. Potential employees could just come into the restaurant and go onto the computer and apply for a job without even talking to the manager in the store. First time that I had seen something like this. Very cool use of technology.

Recently at the agency where I work (Preston Kelly) we have used the social media tools of Twitter and Facebook, LinkedIn along with our website to post new job openings. We have received tremendous response to the Twitter and Facebook job postings. Probably the best response tool to generate resumes that we have ever had. And especially on Twitter we get great pass along as many people RT the job posting.

These are great new tools to attract new employees. It's the first time that we've used these platforms and our experience has been very positive.

So my tip for the day is that if you have a job posting and you have an active Facebook and Twitter accounts - take advantage of this new tool to get resumes/candidates for your job openings.

I wonder what new tool we will be using in 2011 to recruit new employees? Any thoughts?