Just thought I'd share soem feedback on the Facebook marketplace job listings.. Wow, it's an interesting world out there, we've all, I'm sure seen the somewhat "dodgy" Work From Home- Earn a Fortune! ads.. they seem to have cropped up on facebook much like they have anywhere else (note to regional print owners... please stop putting these ads in your publications, your print offering is dying and this really doesn't help your cause!)
Anyway a colleague at our parent company's office posted a genuine ad on Facebook for sales staff and strangley appears to have had a couple of candidates come through with decent CVs, I have to say I was surprised. If he recruits through a site like facebook then great maybe social network recruiting does work and my scepticism is unfounded, I somehow doubt it but there you go, I'm an old cynic at heart!
On the flip side some of the nutters who have applied and tried to engage in some form of dialogue are out of this world, one particular guy wanted to abandon his business selling wigs in order to work in the conference sales world but he wanted £6K more than advertised to justify him leaving his business behind, I may even post up the diatribe of abuse he felt appropriate for a job applications on here, it really beggars belief!
It's nice to know that no matter what the medium is that's used there will always be a few deranged idiots using it to waste recruiters time.
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Good to hear your friend got some decent responses. I'm with you though - i believe that people want to use Facebook for their social lives only. They say you should never mix business with pleasure and this applies to recruitment and social networks that weren't designed to support the recruitment process which is why i developed www.thecareermole.com and others will follow that provide recruitment specific controls and processes that will make employers comfortable with social networks
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