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ThE Joy of Facebook Recruiting:
Sourcing the Best Candidates with Graph Search
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Introduction
If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably read your share of conflicting information
on the internet:
Should you source locally?
What is the difference between natural and organic?
When is fortification a good thing?
And no, this isn’t a whitepaper about becoming a foodie, so step away from
the refrigerator and get back to the computer: we’re talking about recruiting on
Facebook.
The recent release of Graph Search has given us plenty of food for thought on how
you can you pair this soon-to-be essential new tool with your social recruiting for
maximum flavor (and efficiency).
At Work4, we’ve been tinkering in the social recruiting kitchen, and not only are we
pretty sure we’ve got the blue-ribbon recipe for social recruiting success, but we
also can’t wait to dish it out. So sit back, strap on your mental feedbag, and prepare
to dig into this delectable little guide to using Graph Search to source the best
candidates on Facebook.
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CONTENTS
COPYRIGHT
© 2013 Work4 Labs, Inc.
All rights reserved.
The Joy of Facebook Recruiting: Sourcing the Best
Candidates with Graph Search
Understanding Your Ingredients: What is Graph Search?
Mise En Place: All-Natural Language and Sourcing Locally
Become Your Own Sous Chef: Show Up in Organic Search
ƒƒ Be Searchable
ƒƒ Be Like-able
ƒƒ Be Shareable
Hashtags: Breakfast of Champions?
The Community Table: Graph Search and Privacy Concerns
Just Desserts: Graph Search Makes Facebook the Crème de la
Recruiting Crème
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understanding
your
ingredients:
What is Graph
Search?
Before you can cook up a social recruiting
strategy, you first need to understand your
ingredients: What is Graph Search?
Graph Search is a nifty way to search for people
and things within your own Facebook network. To
use it, log into Facebook, click on the large search
bar at the top of your screen, and start typing
away.
What makes Graph Search different from any
other search experience on the web? To start,
it is customized to search each individual user’s
network in order to provide the most relevant
results. That means that if you search for photos
taken in New York City, for example, you will not
simply be shown all of the photos tagged in the
Big Apple. Graph Search is more likely to show
you the most recent photos taken by friends
and friends-of-friends whose photos are publicly
accessible (and then throw in public photos by
others where applicable).
Graph Search emphasizes relevant posts, so you
can quickly discover what is most relevant to you.
This also makes Graph Search different from a
traditional web search--and while it integrates with
Microsoft’s Bing to help you continue your search
on the web if you are unable to find anything
related to your query on Facebook, the search is
limited specifically to people, places, and things
within your network. This makes it simple to
quickly perform a Graph Search for restaurants
nearby that your friends like, for example.
Of course, all of this is well and good if you’re
trying to enliven a Saturday night by searching a
list of movies your friends might recommend on
Netflix, but how will this tool help you become
more effective at sourcing candidates on
Facebook?
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Mise En Place:
All-Natural
Language
and Sourcing
Locally
Let’s assume that you have a specific hiring
initiative to fulfill: you are looking for an engineer
who has worked for an enterprise technology
corporation, has several years of experience, and
won’t need relocation assistance to get to your
office in San Francisco. A tall order, perhaps?
You head over to your professional networks and
do a quick search of all of the companies you
can think of that might fit the profile, and then
click the “next” button incessantly as you wade
through rosters of potential connections whose
profiles mesh with your applied filters and work
for said companies.
Perhaps the perfect candidate has his or her
professional profile set up and even checks it
regularly, but why not search where there’s a
better chance of encountering Mr. or Ms. Right-
for-the-Job?
We know that there are over 1 billion monthly
active users on Facebook already,1
and that many
of them are also employed or have some sort
of professional or vocational skill. They’re also
connected to an average of 31,000 people in
their extended networks (which, by proxy, may
contain you).2
That means you have a pretty big
pool of potential talent from which to source.
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Mise En Place:
All-Natural
Language
and Sourcing
Locally
The question is: how do you actually find them?
Here’s the secret sauce: Graph Search lets you
use natural language to perform your searches,
and natural language is what will make your
sourcing efforts feel much more effortless.
We imagine that your hiring initiatives are much
more complex than just “Similar Previous Job title”
or “Location within 50 miles.” Let’s look at the
example from the beginning of this section. In order
to find our experienced engineer from San Francisco,
we would create what is known as a “long tail” search,
or a search with many essential keywords.
We can type “Engineers who work for Microsoft
(or a similar company) in San Francisco” into
Graph Search, or we can get creative and more
specific by adding other qualifiers. For example,
we can search for “Engineers in San Francisco
who are friends of my friends who work for
Microsoft.” Or we can search for “Engineers in
San Francisco who like my company.”
By using natural language, you can start narrowing
down the prospects and sourcing locally. Now
that’s what we call sustainable sourcing!
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Become Your
Own Sous
Chef: Show
Up in Organic
Search
While you’re busy sourcing passive candidates
for your hiring initiatives, passive candidates are
busy sourcing YOU (only they don’t know it yet).
What we mean by this is: when Facebook’s users
use Graph Search to find out about companies,
products, services, or brands that their friends
like, there is a high probability that your own
company Facebook Page or Facebook Career Site
will show up in the results if it’s relevant. This is
what is known as an “organic search,” or, in other
words, “not a paid advertisement.”
You can use organic search to your advantage. It
not only decreases your relative overall recruiting
spend (because you can use this in addition to
Facebook ads to augment your traffic-generating
efforts for free), but it also helps you spread your
employer brand and recruiting message further
for little to no extra long-term investment.
But don’t just assume that because you have
a Facebook Page you’re ready to be found by
potential candidates.
To stand out in organic search, you must first
optimize your Facebook Page for recruiting with
Graph Search:
1.	 Be Searchable
2.	 Be Like-able
3.	 Be Shareable
Be Searchable
The long and the short of it is: searches work by
locating and returning relevant keywords. If your
profile doesn’t contain those keywords, you’re not
going to appear in the search results.
Here are a few places to make sure you have the
right keywords:*
Category, Topics, and Subcategories
This is where Facebook gives you blatant control
over which keywords you’d like to target. Your
category is the main descriptor of your business.
Whether you’re a company/organization or a local
business, you can let people know whether you’re
bottling sodas or creating biotechnology.
Topics are three keywords that you think best
describe your company. If you’re a software
company, perhaps your words would be “software
engineering,” “programming” and “internet
software.” Think about what keywords your ideal
candidates might be using to describe you.
Subcategories appear if you’ve entered your
address properly. A subcategory tells people
where they can find you. This is important for local
businesses especially, because it helps people
locate your business offline. Facebook intends
*You can make these changes in
your Facebook Page admin panel
by selecting “Edit Page” and then
“Update Page Info.”
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Become Your
Own Sous
Chef: Show
Up in Organic
Search
for Graph Search to help its users find local
businesses without having to rely on an external
site like Yelp! for recommendations, which will
work in your favor: if your business is local to a
potential candidate, it is more likely to appear in
his or her search results.
Descriptions, Overview, Mission, etc.
Facebook gives you plenty of opportunities to
strut your company’s stuff. Include keywords in
your company description, company overview,
and mission. This is not, however, carte blanche to
include a long string of keywords. Graph Search is
about relevance, remember? So write a thoughtful
description of your company that includes those
keywords. This way, when candidates click to learn
more about your company, they’re not greeted by
a list of words that offer them no real value.
Awards and Products
These two sections may not be as relevant to your
own recruiting message as something like your
company’s description, but they can still help you
show up in searches.
Facebook users who may be searching for similar
products or services, or who might type in a
keyword related to an award you won, can be
converted into passive candidates if they realize
you’re hiring. (It’s helpful, therefore, if you have a
link to your career site or a prominently displayed
app that leads to your Facebook Career Site and
jobs list.)
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Become Your
Own Sous
Chef: Show
Up in Organic
Search
Be Like-ble
Facebook is a truly social network, in that the
algorithm that determines who sees your posts
or finds you in search is directly tied to how much
people engage with your page.
In other words, the more people who “like” you, the
more likely Facebook will show you off to others.
That being said, you can grow your “likes” by
planting the seeds of engagement early and
often. Build a page that isn’t just an empty
placeholder with an office address. Dress it up
with a compelling cover photo and make sure you
keep your page updated. If you offer a product or
service, you can also incentivize “liking” your page
through contests or offers.
But you don’t have to sell something to convince
people to click. Sometimes, all it takes is a
suggestion: put a Facebook button on your
corporate site or blog, or link back to Facebook
on your other social channels. You can run
targeted Facebook ads directed at people who
fit your target market or friends of people who
already “like” your page. Don’t be afraid to have a
call to action in your next status update:
“If you liked this post, make sure to “like” our page
for more great updates!”
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Become Your
Own Sous
Chef: Show
Up in Organic
Search
Be Shareable
In the same vein as “Be Like-able,” the more
people who share or interact with your posts, the
better Facebook makes your search visibility.
This means investing a little bit of time and effort
into creating engaging posts that your fans will
comment on or share with their friends. You can
use photos and visuals to increase the amount
of engagement you get with your posts, because
research shows that photos get 53% more likes,
104% more comments and 84% more clicks,3
which, in our opinion, is worth than a lot more
than 1000 words!
Give the people what they want--and what they
want is something they can share with their
friends. Ever re-posted an article that made you
feel like you were providing your network with
valuable information? Or shared an adorable
photo of a cat because you knew it would make
others feel just as warm-and-fuzzy as it made
you feel? Think about what motivates you to
post, and then use that motivation to drive your
content creation.
One type of content that easily builds
engagement is job postings. Members of your
talent community may see a job that could
interest their friends and “share” it on their own
Timelines. If they have a friend in mind who
would be perfect for the position, Facebook
allows them to post directly to a friend’s Timeline.
Use creative language or visual job descriptions
in your job posts to further drive engagement
and encourage sharing.
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Hashtags:
Breakfast of
Champions?
Want your social sourcing strategy to grow up to
be strong and healthy? Consider fortifying it with
a serving of hashtags.
Hashtags are made up of two elements: the
number sign (#) and a keyword. The purpose
of a hashtag is to highlight a keyword or signal
that a keyword is searchable. On Facebook,
when you use a hashtag, the keyword you enter
becomes blue, and if you click on it, you will be
able to search every post in your network where
this keyword has been recently used. (You’ll also
be able to see posts by people outside of your
network if they have their updates set to public.)
For example, you could hashtag the word #job,
and you’ll see every recent post related to that
hashtag. This is all well and good for status
updates, but how does this help you leverage
Graph Search for sourcing?
Considering the facts that a) Graph Search lets
you search keywords, and b) people in your
extended network are actively highlighting their
keywords to make them searchable, you have
a recipe for sourcing success. For example,
you could search for a hashtag like #hireme or
#ineedajob. Believe it or not, there are people
out there who are #hashtagging for work!
Think of other hashtags that you might want
to search for. Looking for a #programmer or
#financialanalyst? Good news: they’re tagged
and searchable. Want to find out who is following
pages that post about #contentstrategy or
#businessdevelopment? You’ll be able to expand
your network by targeting the networks of like-
minded posters. And if office culture is your
thing, you can even run a search for the people
who will beef up your company #kickball team.
(But hopefully that’s not the basis for your hiring
decisions...if so, we may need to have a little
conversation.)
A healthy hashtag strategy puts you just one
keystroke away from expanding your network.
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The Community
Table: Graph
Search and
Privacy
Concerns
“Hold on a second, Work4,” you say. “We think
this Graph Search thing is nifty, but what about
privacy concerns? Will people get upset if I’m
contacting them on Facebook?”
Good question. When it comes to privacy,
Facebook’s gotten pretty savvy over the last
several years. They’ve made it more apparent
where the privacy controls are, and they even
make sure to give users a pop-up reminder
whenever they make changes.
By this point, users should know what they’re
sharing with friends and what they’re sharing
with the public. Moreover, they have the ability
to monitor their Activity Logs and limit, review, or
hide the posts, photos, and videos in which they
are tagged.
Graph Search is not about exploitation, but
about responsible sourcing. You are only privy to
posts by friends or friends of friends, as well as
posts made completely public. You are also not
allowed to spam people out of your network with
messages--Facebook has taken care of that by
creating an “other” inbox, which filters potentially
unwanted messages or requires you to pay a
small fee to reach an out-of-network contact.
What you can do is use your network to get
introductions to the people whose credentials
match your searches. Graph Search is a great
way to get to know the people closest to you who
can help make your talent search easier, both
now and in the future.
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Just Desserts:
Graph Search
MakesFacebook
the CrÈme de
la Recruiting
CrÈme
Whether you intend to add just a pinch of Graph
Search to your sourcing strategy or you plan
on making Facebook the centerpiece of your
recruitment, this incredible new sourcing tool will
make your social recruitment worthy of a four-
star review.
To recap:
Graph Search helps you source relevant
candidates who match your job descriptions
Graph Search makes your recruitment
message visible to potential candidates
Graph Search lets you source both in and
out of your network with hashtags and
natural language
Graph Search protects candidate privacy,
while revealing the right information to you
If you’re considering adding Facebook to the
menu, and you’re ready to start sourcing the best
quality candidates on the world’s largest social
network, then Work4 can give you a hand.
Our master chefs have just revealed the secret
ingredient for Facebook sourcing: Graph Search
Recruiter, which makes sourcing simple by
connecting your jobs list to Graph Search so you
can match profiles and job descriptions in 1-click!
Want a taste? Make a reservation by contacting
Work4 today!
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SOURCES
1.	 http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/17/facebook-growth/
2.	 http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Facebook-users/Summary/Friends-of-
Friends.aspx
3.	 http://www.empowernetwork.com/suetamani/how-to-get-more-likes-on-facebook-
infographic/
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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+1 (877) 509-0403
CONNECT WITH US
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ABOUT
WORK4™
Work4 powers social recruiting by making everyone a recruiter and everyone a candidate.
We help thousands of companies, including many of the Fortune 500, find, engage,
and hire top talent with our all-in-one recruiting solution for Facebook. Work4 allows
employers to reach candidates through a Facebook Career Site and on mobile devices,
take advantage social networks to drive employee referrals, and target Facebook’s 1
billion users with intelligent recruiting ads. Work4 brings cost-effective, efficient sourcing
and hiring to the world’s top companies by leveraging the reach and scope of the world’s
largest and most powerful social network.
Established in 2010 and backed by top tier investors such as Matrix Partners and Yuri
Milner, Work4 has offices in San Francisco and Paris.
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The Joy of Facebook Recruiting: Sourcing the Best Candidates with Graph Search

  • 1. August 2013 ThE Joy of Facebook Recruiting: Sourcing the Best Candidates with Graph Search
  • 2. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 2 Introduction If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably read your share of conflicting information on the internet: Should you source locally? What is the difference between natural and organic? When is fortification a good thing? And no, this isn’t a whitepaper about becoming a foodie, so step away from the refrigerator and get back to the computer: we’re talking about recruiting on Facebook. The recent release of Graph Search has given us plenty of food for thought on how you can you pair this soon-to-be essential new tool with your social recruiting for maximum flavor (and efficiency). At Work4, we’ve been tinkering in the social recruiting kitchen, and not only are we pretty sure we’ve got the blue-ribbon recipe for social recruiting success, but we also can’t wait to dish it out. So sit back, strap on your mental feedbag, and prepare to dig into this delectable little guide to using Graph Search to source the best candidates on Facebook.
  • 3. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 3 CONTENTS COPYRIGHT © 2013 Work4 Labs, Inc. All rights reserved. The Joy of Facebook Recruiting: Sourcing the Best Candidates with Graph Search Understanding Your Ingredients: What is Graph Search? Mise En Place: All-Natural Language and Sourcing Locally Become Your Own Sous Chef: Show Up in Organic Search ƒƒ Be Searchable ƒƒ Be Like-able ƒƒ Be Shareable Hashtags: Breakfast of Champions? The Community Table: Graph Search and Privacy Concerns Just Desserts: Graph Search Makes Facebook the Crème de la Recruiting Crème Sources About 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12
  • 4. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 4 understanding your ingredients: What is Graph Search? Before you can cook up a social recruiting strategy, you first need to understand your ingredients: What is Graph Search? Graph Search is a nifty way to search for people and things within your own Facebook network. To use it, log into Facebook, click on the large search bar at the top of your screen, and start typing away. What makes Graph Search different from any other search experience on the web? To start, it is customized to search each individual user’s network in order to provide the most relevant results. That means that if you search for photos taken in New York City, for example, you will not simply be shown all of the photos tagged in the Big Apple. Graph Search is more likely to show you the most recent photos taken by friends and friends-of-friends whose photos are publicly accessible (and then throw in public photos by others where applicable). Graph Search emphasizes relevant posts, so you can quickly discover what is most relevant to you. This also makes Graph Search different from a traditional web search--and while it integrates with Microsoft’s Bing to help you continue your search on the web if you are unable to find anything related to your query on Facebook, the search is limited specifically to people, places, and things within your network. This makes it simple to quickly perform a Graph Search for restaurants nearby that your friends like, for example. Of course, all of this is well and good if you’re trying to enliven a Saturday night by searching a list of movies your friends might recommend on Netflix, but how will this tool help you become more effective at sourcing candidates on Facebook?
  • 5. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 5 Mise En Place: All-Natural Language and Sourcing Locally Let’s assume that you have a specific hiring initiative to fulfill: you are looking for an engineer who has worked for an enterprise technology corporation, has several years of experience, and won’t need relocation assistance to get to your office in San Francisco. A tall order, perhaps? You head over to your professional networks and do a quick search of all of the companies you can think of that might fit the profile, and then click the “next” button incessantly as you wade through rosters of potential connections whose profiles mesh with your applied filters and work for said companies. Perhaps the perfect candidate has his or her professional profile set up and even checks it regularly, but why not search where there’s a better chance of encountering Mr. or Ms. Right- for-the-Job? We know that there are over 1 billion monthly active users on Facebook already,1 and that many of them are also employed or have some sort of professional or vocational skill. They’re also connected to an average of 31,000 people in their extended networks (which, by proxy, may contain you).2 That means you have a pretty big pool of potential talent from which to source.
  • 6. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 5 Mise En Place: All-Natural Language and Sourcing Locally The question is: how do you actually find them? Here’s the secret sauce: Graph Search lets you use natural language to perform your searches, and natural language is what will make your sourcing efforts feel much more effortless. We imagine that your hiring initiatives are much more complex than just “Similar Previous Job title” or “Location within 50 miles.” Let’s look at the example from the beginning of this section. In order to find our experienced engineer from San Francisco, we would create what is known as a “long tail” search, or a search with many essential keywords. We can type “Engineers who work for Microsoft (or a similar company) in San Francisco” into Graph Search, or we can get creative and more specific by adding other qualifiers. For example, we can search for “Engineers in San Francisco who are friends of my friends who work for Microsoft.” Or we can search for “Engineers in San Francisco who like my company.” By using natural language, you can start narrowing down the prospects and sourcing locally. Now that’s what we call sustainable sourcing!
  • 7. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 7 Become Your Own Sous Chef: Show Up in Organic Search While you’re busy sourcing passive candidates for your hiring initiatives, passive candidates are busy sourcing YOU (only they don’t know it yet). What we mean by this is: when Facebook’s users use Graph Search to find out about companies, products, services, or brands that their friends like, there is a high probability that your own company Facebook Page or Facebook Career Site will show up in the results if it’s relevant. This is what is known as an “organic search,” or, in other words, “not a paid advertisement.” You can use organic search to your advantage. It not only decreases your relative overall recruiting spend (because you can use this in addition to Facebook ads to augment your traffic-generating efforts for free), but it also helps you spread your employer brand and recruiting message further for little to no extra long-term investment. But don’t just assume that because you have a Facebook Page you’re ready to be found by potential candidates. To stand out in organic search, you must first optimize your Facebook Page for recruiting with Graph Search: 1. Be Searchable 2. Be Like-able 3. Be Shareable Be Searchable The long and the short of it is: searches work by locating and returning relevant keywords. If your profile doesn’t contain those keywords, you’re not going to appear in the search results. Here are a few places to make sure you have the right keywords:* Category, Topics, and Subcategories This is where Facebook gives you blatant control over which keywords you’d like to target. Your category is the main descriptor of your business. Whether you’re a company/organization or a local business, you can let people know whether you’re bottling sodas or creating biotechnology. Topics are three keywords that you think best describe your company. If you’re a software company, perhaps your words would be “software engineering,” “programming” and “internet software.” Think about what keywords your ideal candidates might be using to describe you. Subcategories appear if you’ve entered your address properly. A subcategory tells people where they can find you. This is important for local businesses especially, because it helps people locate your business offline. Facebook intends *You can make these changes in your Facebook Page admin panel by selecting “Edit Page” and then “Update Page Info.”
  • 8. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 8 Become Your Own Sous Chef: Show Up in Organic Search for Graph Search to help its users find local businesses without having to rely on an external site like Yelp! for recommendations, which will work in your favor: if your business is local to a potential candidate, it is more likely to appear in his or her search results. Descriptions, Overview, Mission, etc. Facebook gives you plenty of opportunities to strut your company’s stuff. Include keywords in your company description, company overview, and mission. This is not, however, carte blanche to include a long string of keywords. Graph Search is about relevance, remember? So write a thoughtful description of your company that includes those keywords. This way, when candidates click to learn more about your company, they’re not greeted by a list of words that offer them no real value. Awards and Products These two sections may not be as relevant to your own recruiting message as something like your company’s description, but they can still help you show up in searches. Facebook users who may be searching for similar products or services, or who might type in a keyword related to an award you won, can be converted into passive candidates if they realize you’re hiring. (It’s helpful, therefore, if you have a link to your career site or a prominently displayed app that leads to your Facebook Career Site and jobs list.)
  • 9. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 9 Become Your Own Sous Chef: Show Up in Organic Search Be Like-ble Facebook is a truly social network, in that the algorithm that determines who sees your posts or finds you in search is directly tied to how much people engage with your page. In other words, the more people who “like” you, the more likely Facebook will show you off to others. That being said, you can grow your “likes” by planting the seeds of engagement early and often. Build a page that isn’t just an empty placeholder with an office address. Dress it up with a compelling cover photo and make sure you keep your page updated. If you offer a product or service, you can also incentivize “liking” your page through contests or offers. But you don’t have to sell something to convince people to click. Sometimes, all it takes is a suggestion: put a Facebook button on your corporate site or blog, or link back to Facebook on your other social channels. You can run targeted Facebook ads directed at people who fit your target market or friends of people who already “like” your page. Don’t be afraid to have a call to action in your next status update: “If you liked this post, make sure to “like” our page for more great updates!”
  • 10. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 9 Become Your Own Sous Chef: Show Up in Organic Search Be Shareable In the same vein as “Be Like-able,” the more people who share or interact with your posts, the better Facebook makes your search visibility. This means investing a little bit of time and effort into creating engaging posts that your fans will comment on or share with their friends. You can use photos and visuals to increase the amount of engagement you get with your posts, because research shows that photos get 53% more likes, 104% more comments and 84% more clicks,3 which, in our opinion, is worth than a lot more than 1000 words! Give the people what they want--and what they want is something they can share with their friends. Ever re-posted an article that made you feel like you were providing your network with valuable information? Or shared an adorable photo of a cat because you knew it would make others feel just as warm-and-fuzzy as it made you feel? Think about what motivates you to post, and then use that motivation to drive your content creation. One type of content that easily builds engagement is job postings. Members of your talent community may see a job that could interest their friends and “share” it on their own Timelines. If they have a friend in mind who would be perfect for the position, Facebook allows them to post directly to a friend’s Timeline. Use creative language or visual job descriptions in your job posts to further drive engagement and encourage sharing.
  • 11. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 9 Hashtags: Breakfast of Champions? Want your social sourcing strategy to grow up to be strong and healthy? Consider fortifying it with a serving of hashtags. Hashtags are made up of two elements: the number sign (#) and a keyword. The purpose of a hashtag is to highlight a keyword or signal that a keyword is searchable. On Facebook, when you use a hashtag, the keyword you enter becomes blue, and if you click on it, you will be able to search every post in your network where this keyword has been recently used. (You’ll also be able to see posts by people outside of your network if they have their updates set to public.) For example, you could hashtag the word #job, and you’ll see every recent post related to that hashtag. This is all well and good for status updates, but how does this help you leverage Graph Search for sourcing? Considering the facts that a) Graph Search lets you search keywords, and b) people in your extended network are actively highlighting their keywords to make them searchable, you have a recipe for sourcing success. For example, you could search for a hashtag like #hireme or #ineedajob. Believe it or not, there are people out there who are #hashtagging for work! Think of other hashtags that you might want to search for. Looking for a #programmer or #financialanalyst? Good news: they’re tagged and searchable. Want to find out who is following pages that post about #contentstrategy or #businessdevelopment? You’ll be able to expand your network by targeting the networks of like- minded posters. And if office culture is your thing, you can even run a search for the people who will beef up your company #kickball team. (But hopefully that’s not the basis for your hiring decisions...if so, we may need to have a little conversation.) A healthy hashtag strategy puts you just one keystroke away from expanding your network.
  • 12. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 9 The Community Table: Graph Search and Privacy Concerns “Hold on a second, Work4,” you say. “We think this Graph Search thing is nifty, but what about privacy concerns? Will people get upset if I’m contacting them on Facebook?” Good question. When it comes to privacy, Facebook’s gotten pretty savvy over the last several years. They’ve made it more apparent where the privacy controls are, and they even make sure to give users a pop-up reminder whenever they make changes. By this point, users should know what they’re sharing with friends and what they’re sharing with the public. Moreover, they have the ability to monitor their Activity Logs and limit, review, or hide the posts, photos, and videos in which they are tagged. Graph Search is not about exploitation, but about responsible sourcing. You are only privy to posts by friends or friends of friends, as well as posts made completely public. You are also not allowed to spam people out of your network with messages--Facebook has taken care of that by creating an “other” inbox, which filters potentially unwanted messages or requires you to pay a small fee to reach an out-of-network contact. What you can do is use your network to get introductions to the people whose credentials match your searches. Graph Search is a great way to get to know the people closest to you who can help make your talent search easier, both now and in the future.
  • 13. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 9 Just Desserts: Graph Search MakesFacebook the CrÈme de la Recruiting CrÈme Whether you intend to add just a pinch of Graph Search to your sourcing strategy or you plan on making Facebook the centerpiece of your recruitment, this incredible new sourcing tool will make your social recruitment worthy of a four- star review. To recap: Graph Search helps you source relevant candidates who match your job descriptions Graph Search makes your recruitment message visible to potential candidates Graph Search lets you source both in and out of your network with hashtags and natural language Graph Search protects candidate privacy, while revealing the right information to you If you’re considering adding Facebook to the menu, and you’re ready to start sourcing the best quality candidates on the world’s largest social network, then Work4 can give you a hand. Our master chefs have just revealed the secret ingredient for Facebook sourcing: Graph Search Recruiter, which makes sourcing simple by connecting your jobs list to Graph Search so you can match profiles and job descriptions in 1-click! Want a taste? Make a reservation by contacting Work4 today!
  • 14. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 10 SOURCES 1. http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/17/facebook-growth/ 2. http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Facebook-users/Summary/Friends-of- Friends.aspx 3. http://www.empowernetwork.com/suetamani/how-to-get-more-likes-on-facebook- infographic/
  • 15. Share This Whitepaper The Joy of Facebook Recruiting // 11 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION contact@work4labs.com +1 (877) 509-0403 CONNECT WITH US www.work4labs.com www.facebook.com/work4labs www.linkedin.com/company/work4-labs www.twitter.com/work4labs ABOUT WORK4™ Work4 powers social recruiting by making everyone a recruiter and everyone a candidate. We help thousands of companies, including many of the Fortune 500, find, engage, and hire top talent with our all-in-one recruiting solution for Facebook. Work4 allows employers to reach candidates through a Facebook Career Site and on mobile devices, take advantage social networks to drive employee referrals, and target Facebook’s 1 billion users with intelligent recruiting ads. Work4 brings cost-effective, efficient sourcing and hiring to the world’s top companies by leveraging the reach and scope of the world’s largest and most powerful social network. Established in 2010 and backed by top tier investors such as Matrix Partners and Yuri Milner, Work4 has offices in San Francisco and Paris. Read: ENJOYED THIS? WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RECRUITING ON FACEBOOK? Whitepaper: The Future of Facebook for Recruiting Professionals