Social Media Recruitment is the New Trend in Talent Acquisition
No one better than a Human Resource manager understands the pain of talent acquisition when it comes to hiring program developers. Ever increasing number of Candidates interviewing with a plethora of skills and certifications makes the selection call even tougher. That’s where social media recruitment saves the day for HRs. It gives an upper hand to the candidates who showcase their unique skills on social media platforms.
Can data tell you who is the most followed python developer on GitHub?
Apparently, yes!!!
Git Hub is a vast repository of developers online. We developed an algorithmic approach where we pulled out the profiles of developers on GitHub. We identified their followers,
And, Voila!!!
What you just saw is the jungle of developers on Git Hub. Each developer is separated from the other by name, domain, followers, and
Surprisingly we found an interesting insight that Gramener CEO, S. Anand, from Bangalore is the most followed Indian Python developer in the community.
Similarly, Nemo is the most followed Indian JavaScript developer on Git Hub as per data.
Experience the demonstration of the Next-gen Data-driven social media recruitment. Play around the visualization and find out the best coding talent available on Git Hub.
Here are a few other insights we recorded for you based on locations of the developers. This would also help you to interact with social media recruitment visualization.
Who Said Social Media tools are Only Useful to HRs?
Most certainly not. It is equally essential for the candidates to gather information about the company they are applying to. Company updates on social media highlight their engagements and achievements. It is a comfortable space to live in for every tech-savvy person and organization.
It also is a tremendous platform for quality developers who showcase their domain expertise. There are enormous opportunities for them on social media to connect with people in need. Business developers, Tech leaders, Budding startups are seeking help from developer communities on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, or GitHub to solve their technical issues. Eventually, such activities build a strong portfolio for developers. Apparently, a social media survey reveals that 70% of employers are keenly observing candidate’s social media profiles before hiring.
The developers could be individualized based on the language they excel in and the city they live in. Hence, this made it easy to search for the best of developers based on their social media activities.
Benefits of Social Media Recruitment
• Increases the visibility of the candidates
• Helps in prioritizing top quality candidates
• Proves to be a cost-effective measure of hiring
• Helps in creating social connections
• Shortens the hiring time
According to another survey by Better Team, nearly 94% of the recruiters are relying on social media to hire the best talent. The only question is, are you?