When it comes to recruiting the best talent, Facebook is a useful tool that employers often overlook. However, with 73% of Millennials finding their latest role on a social network, there’s never been a better time to perfect your social media recruitment strategy.
Recently, many larger businesses have taken to making specialist social media pages and accounts for sourcing, recruitment marketing and encouraging candidate engagement.
Having a unique place where candidates can connect with your business differentiates candidates from customers and makes the recruitment process more interactive. Facebook is the perfect place to bring this to life. Don’t believe us? Here are our top reasons why you should consider making a specialist Facebook Careers Page for your business.
Segments your audience
Your customers and your potential employees aren’t always the same people. Most of the time, someone who wants to buy your products or invest in your services won’t care about job vacancies or what you’re like as an employer; and if they did, they’d be happy to follow your careers page too.
By having a separate Facebook page for people exclusively interested in working for you, you can divide content to ensure it is seen by the relevant people who are most likely to engage and apply. This is where you can show off how incredible you are to work for to people that truly care.
Plus, the Facebook algorithm favours content that gets the most engagement. Dividing your audience into consumers and candidates is a logical way to get more likes and comments, as you know there is interest in what you’re posting. This will ensure both your recruitment and sales messages reach a wider audience so it’s a win-win!
Strengthens your employer brand
Having a place to post content about your company culture to an audience that is solely interested in your workplace, mission and values will help to boost your employer brand. You’ll be able to showcase what goes on behind the scenes of your business, post employee profiles and give an insight into your perks or benefits, all whilst speaking to a highly engaged audience that is already interested in working for you.
A designated Facebook Careers page is the ideal place to push your employer brand and all that you stand for. It’s easy for candidates to find and means they don’t have to scroll through a tonne of sales messages to find what your office and culture are like. Also, having a specific space for employees and recruitment creates the impression that you’re dedicated to your staff and keeping them in the loop which is a huge plus for candidates.
Adds the personal touch
Social media always feels personal, no matter how large the audience is that you’re speaking to. It’s a direct way of talking to people. Having a dedicated Facebook page for your recruitment efforts means that you can: engage with candidates individually, respond to messages directly, in real-time and make them feel valued. Your messages from candidates won’t be mixed with messages from customers, making them much easier to manage and giving potential employees the attention they deserve.
All of this contributes to a positive candidate experience which will boost your employer brand. Even if a candidate is unsuccessful, they’re more likely to apply again or recommend you to a friend if you’ve been responsive and helpful.
Diverse recruitment pool
Facebook is the third most-visited website in the world with 2.41 billion active users, so you’ll struggle to find a wider and more diverse recruitment pool anywhere else. As Facebook is a global platform, advertising vacancies there can provide possibilities for over-seas candidates or people who wouldn’t normally consider you as an employer to apply. This gives great potential for diversity recruiting, advertising graduate hires or even filling the most niche of roles as the range of candidates available to you is huge.
More opportunity for passive candidates
70% of the workforce are passive candidates who aren’t actively looking for new opportunities, Facebook provides an ideal opportunity to communicate with these people. 82% of companies attract passive candidates by recruiting through social media because it’s a way to capture people’s attention in their downtime when they aren’t focused on work.
A well thought out social media recruitment marketing campaign that sparks someone’s interest as they’re scrolling, may just make them seriously consider a future at your company. Then if you can direct them to your recruitment page, they’ll find even more content to showcase how brilliant you are. 84% of people currently employed say they would consider leaving their job if another company with a better reputation came calling, so having content that enforces this reputation in the right place at the right time is vital for talent acquisition.
Simple Referrals
Social media platforms, especially Facebook, make it easy to tell friends and family about current vacancies.
Current employees or other candidates following your careers page may see a vacancy that isn’t right for them but is ideal for someone they know. Whether it’s sending a link through Facebook Messenger, sharing the vacancy to their followers or simply tagging them in a post, referring a friend for a job has never been so simple.
Hiring referred candidates tends to be faster, cheaper and give lower attrition rates because most of the time, they genuinely want to work for you. Remember, if someone engages with your post it will show to their friends too (thanks Facebook Algorithm) so your potential reach becomes higher with every tag or share.
Recruit faster
One of the biggest benefits of using a Facebook Careers page to advertise your vacancies is that, like all social media, it’s instant. Within seconds of posting a job to the page, your advert will be seen by interested, engaged and hopefully relevant people which should mean you’ll start seeing applications a lot sooner.
Some vacancies need to be filled faster than others and some require very specific skillsets, so having a pool of interested candidates at your fingertips is sure to speed things up and find you the right talent quickly.
So, is it time you made a Facebook careers page for your business? If you’re looking for a place to collate talent, promote your employer brand and make the recruitment process simple, then we highly recommend it. For more information or help with your recruitment marketing on social media, contact marketing@talent-works.com and our team will be in touch!
