Companies such as Ernst & Young are utilizing Facebook as a recruiting tool.
Looking for an internship or job? You can search through all of the internship and recruitment websites. Or you can just conveniently visit what is probably your most frequently visited website. Facebook. Companies are now using Facebook as a recruitment website.
As an accounting and finance major, I am in the process of exploring possible accounting internships for this upcoming summer. Curious, I typed “Ernst & Young” into facebook search and found the “Ernst & Young Careers” page. The page features photos of employees and interns participating in different Ernst & Young events. It also has sections for both students and experienced candidates which highlights the firms accomplishments, what a career at Ernst & Young offers, and provides information on how to apply for positions. But the most impressive attribute of the Facebook page is that it allows students to post questions on its wall which Ernst & Young then politely answers.
After more searching, I found that Ernst & Young is not unique in using Facebook as a recruitment tool. Rosetta Stone, Verizon, Microsoft, Taco Bell, and many other companies from a broad array of industries utilize Facebook to recruit. One must wonder if recruiting on Facebook will more fully develop and make other internship and recruitment websites obsolete.
