Tweeting for talent – graylink featured in Business Day, July 2009

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009

From Business Day (27/07/09)
Employers are turning to social networking platforms to supplement their traditional methods of searching for talent.
Twitter is one such site being used more and more in the hiring scene. It allows people to post quick, short text messages of up to 140 characters.
Thoughts, news and ideas, called tweets, are broadcast almost instantly [...]

Read more

Chartered accountants recruit on Facebook- IT-Online feature May 2009

Posted on 19. May, 2009

South African auditing firm BDO Spencer Steward has tapped into social networking with a Facebook campaign that is helping it recruit graduate students faster and more cost-effectively.

Read more

Competing for young blood – Business times article December 2008

Posted on 07. Dec, 2008

Recruitment campaigns must appeal to Generation Yers — who see the working world as their personal smorgasbord, writes Margaret Harris
The new generation of job seekers do not respond in the same way as previous generations to recruitment drives, so recruiters need to plan and execute their strategies to attract them or risk being ignored.
Companies will [...]

Read more