Comments on: Social Networks, What a Mess! http://www.ere.net/2008/04/24/social-networks-what-a-mess/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:58:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: John Kennedy http://www.ere.net/2008/04/24/social-networks-what-a-mess/#comment-5059 John Kennedy Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:35:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/04/24/social-networks-what-a-mess/#comment-5059 'Social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are all the rage. Some recruiters are charging forward with Twitter and other SMS-type tools.' Now LinkedIn, yes - it has pretty much a 99% business focus and I have noticed, for the most part, users have been rather 'protective' of LinkedIn, usually trying to bring in people who are quality professionals or skilled artisans in the broadest definitions of those terms. Facebook is a bit of a 'hybrid' - some professional focus, but mostly 'isn't the bunny cute?' kind of content and more power to you if you've managed to extract applicants, clients, or even useful information off that site. But, would someone please care to explain to me how you get any viable candidates and/or clients from TWITTER??? ‘Social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are all the rage. Some recruiters are charging forward with Twitter and other SMS-type tools.’

Now LinkedIn, yes - it has pretty much a 99% business focus and I have noticed, for the most part, users have been rather ‘protective’ of LinkedIn, usually trying to bring in people who are quality professionals or skilled artisans in the broadest definitions of those terms.

Facebook is a bit of a ‘hybrid’ - some professional focus, but mostly ‘isn’t the bunny cute?’ kind of content and more power to you if you’ve managed to extract applicants, clients, or even useful information off that site.

But, would someone please care to explain to me how you get any viable candidates and/or clients from TWITTER???

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