How technology is changing the recruitment process

Many thanks to Innes Robinson over on the superb GCSE Economics blog for flagging up this excellent BBC article on virtual job-hunting. More employees are making creative use of social networking to reach out to potential employers. Businesses too are increasingly using technology to bypass the middlemen (recruitment agencies) and appeal directly to potential recruits using sites like Twitter and Facebook. Some great examples in Rory Cellan-Jones’ piece to illustrate how technology is shaking up the established business models in recruitment. As Innes points out, this use of technology creates a win-win for both employer and job candidate.

I suppose tutor2u is another example of this kind of change. We’ve had four schools contact us directly today to let us know that some teaching vacancies will shortly be announced. Rather than spend several thousand pounds on adverts in the Guardian or TES hoping to reach potential recruits, they can spread news of each vacancy here on the tutor2u subject blogs for free - and reach probably 10-20 times as many potential candidates!