The UK’s First Conference Dedicated To Social Media In Recruitment

Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by admin in Blog, Previous Conferences

Social Media In Recruitment Conference – 16th July 2009 – British Library, London

The UK’s first conference dedicated to Social Media In Recruitment  was announced today by Mike Taylor from Online Recruitment Specialists, www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com

The conference has been programmed to help Recruiters understand exactly what Social Media is and how it can be of benefit to them.

“There is currently a lot of interest in social media and how it can be used effectively in recruitment. However, there is also a lot of confusion about how get started and therefore the conference will focus on helping Recruiters understand exactly what social media is and how it can be used effectively” commented Taylor.

“Even if a Recruiter has no prior knowledge of social media there will be plenty of information and examples of how social media is currently being used in recruitment. This will give Recruiters the confidence to consider where social media could be used in their own organisations.”

Subjects Areas of the Conference

•    An overview of Social Media including social networking sites, blogs and podcasts.
•    How social networking sites such as Facebook can be used to get messages to your target audience
•    How to use LinkedIn to promote your vacancies and source new candidates
•    How to use Twitter, TwitterJobSearch.com and the Job Search Engines for recruitment
•    The legal issues re the use of social media web sites
•    Using online video to promote your company and your job vacancies
•    How to put together a social media strategy for your company
•    The future – taking social media to the next level

“We are delighted to have a great range of speakers who are involved with social media in recruitment on a daily basis which means that delegates will be able to learn from recognised industry experts”, continued Taylor.

As well as the dedicated conference web site www.socialmediainrecruitment.com you can also follow the conversation on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/socialmediarec

See you there!

Mike Taylor

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