{"id":16650,"date":"2013-02-07T11:10:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T18:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/?p=16650"},"modified":"2021-03-26T11:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T18:40:48","slug":"magnet-or-repellent-whats-your-social-recruiting-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/magnet-or-repellent-whats-your-social-recruiting-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnet or Repellent \u2013 What\u2019s Your Social Recruiting Style?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whatever line of business you\u2019re in, take a look at social media usage amongst your peers. You\u2019ll quickly see two distinct personality types \u2013 those who are like magnets, attracting people and interactions with ease; and those who seem smothered in repellent, rarely generating any kind of response or interest with their social posts and unable to generate any kind of social momentum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s think of you and your role as a recruiter. Which would you rather be \u2013 a magnet for potential candidates\u2026 or a repellent?!<\/p>\n

This is of course a rhetoric question. We all want to be magnets for potential future hires. We all would like a growing following of relevant professional contacts. We all would love to have a network of people<\/a>\u00a0who help us reach out to a wider candidate audience in our hour of need. But how do you ensure you\u2019re someone who attracts professional contacts with magnetic dynamism on social media?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve read much about social recruiting<\/a> and social media effectiveness, you\u2019ll undoubtedly have read of the need to focus on engagement and building rapport. But how do you do that in practice, what could you start doing today that would enhance your magnetism?<\/p>\n

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Where To Start?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start where we should always start \u2013 and that\u2019s to say by thinking about our end-customer<\/a>: the business professional, our potential hire. What would make them want to follow a recruiter \u2013 or engage with them \u2013 on social media? I put it to you that successful business professionals are interested in<\/span>:<\/p>\n