Question

When an organization has specific qualifications or specifications they must recruit for, are company job boards, and recruitment agencies a better choice than using social media? If the organization posts jobs on traditional social outlets can it attract candidates, who may not be the best match for the job? This can waste valuable time the organization needs to find a candidate and prevent the organization from finding the optimal candidates for the job.

Answer 1

1. Yes, recruitment agencies and company job board allow a company to be able to save a lot of valuable time and effort while recruitment is considered due to the fact that candidates are filtered upon the specifications of the job requirements that are laid out by the company.

2. Yes, candidates can be attracted by posting job listings on traditional social outlets due to the reasons that potential candidates always check all possible outlets for job listings to be in a position to make better and more calculated decisions about employment and their careers. Yes, it can attract candidates who may not be the best fit for the job due to the reason that no filtering process takes place before the candidates are interviewed by the company.

3. Yes, it can waste valuable time that a company could have utilized for the selection of potential candidates and therefore requires the use of an intermediary service.