Have you started social recruiting yet?

This past May, Jobvite, a recruiting solutions provider, released the results of it’s 2^nd Social Recruitment Survey. The data highlights recruiting behavior by companies on social networking sites such as Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter.

Social networking offers an efficient, cost effective, and viral solution for recruiting top-talent. Traditionally, recruiting costs add up fast with associated advertising, agency search firm fees, recruiters…just to name a few.

The Jobvite study offered some great insight into the effectiveness of Social Recruiting:

• 72 percent plan to invest more in recruiting through social networks
• 80 percent of companies are planning to use social networks to find or attract candidates
• 66 percent have successfully hired a candidate identified or introduced through an online social network

The study went on to say, “Among those using or planning to use social network sites for recruiting, LinkedIn use grew from 80 percent in 2008 to 95 percent of respondents in 2009, Facebook use grew from 36 percent in 2008 to 59 percent in 2009 and Twitter, ranked third with 42 percent of recruiters using the tool to source candidates.”

Investing in social networking has enormous benefits and recruiting is just one of them. So tell us, are you using social networks for your recruiting efforts today?