Why Facebook is not used by recruiters for sourcing resumes or for Networking?

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Date Posted: 2014/09/15

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by Nila Eslit , Content Writer for Fitness web , George Allen

Facebook is a social medium that aims primarily to promote friendship and personal connections, and not a venue for office work recruitment.

FB has a different purpose, i.e. non-professional. LinkedIn's much more appropriate for this

by Saiful Islam Hiron , Site HR Manager , Handicap International

Facebook is only for personal communication, It is not recognized recruitment site. However, if anyone wants to use for recruitment, they can do.

by Hassan Farrukh , HR - Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Executive , Interwood Mobel (Pvt) Ltd.

Many recruiters use Facebook for making CV pool. Although its ratio is low as compare to LinkedIn because of the nature they both portals possess.

by Abdul Rehman Zaheer , Marketing & Projects Specialist , King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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