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Rekrytering 2.0: Användning, bedömning och mervärde av sociala medier i rekrytering.
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.
2010 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Background: During 2009 there have been coverage in media and daily newspapers about social media. One of these concerned social media in recruitment processes in different types of businesses. This has raised the question on how companies use social media and what they evaluate potential job candidates using these tools.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how IT companies are using social media, how the assessment of candidates is made and the added value of social media in recruitment.

Method: Recruiters and HR managers in four Swedish IT companies have been interviewed. Since research in this area is very limited, the paper has an exploratory approach.

Results and Conclusions:

This study has shown that social media is used to search for candidates, test skills, make judgments about candidate suitability, create an positive image of the company, obtain additional information about candidates and communicate with them. Evaluation and assessment of competence has been made on the basis of contacts, recommendations, opinions, frequency of posts in social media, special skill sets and competencies relevant to the job. The major added value of social media, as a tool in recruitment has been a better overall evaluation possibility of the candidate's suitability.

Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund och problem:

Det har i media och dagspress framkommit att rekryterare i flera olika sorters företag använder sociala medier i sin rekrytering. Mot den här bakgrunden har intresset för hur rekryterare använder sociala medier i sin rekrytering och vilket mervärde det ger företagen.

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur företag använder sociala medier, hur en bedömning av kandidater görs och vilket mervärde sociala medier utgör i en rekrytering.

Metod: I studien har rekryterare och HR ansvariga för fyra svenska IT företag intervjuats. Då forskningen på området är mycket begränsad har uppsatsen haft en explorativ ansats.

Resultat och slutsatser: Studien har visat att sociala medier används för att hitta kandidater, testa kompetenser, göra bedömningar om lämplighet, skapa en bild av företaget, få kompletterande information om kandidaterna och kommunicera med dessa. Rekryterarnas bedömning har gjorts på grunder av kontakter, rekommendationer, åsikter, olika kompetenser, ämnets relevans till arbetet och frekvens på inlägg i sociala medier. Mervärdet för rekryterarna har utgjorts av en bättre helhetsbild av kandidatens lämplighet.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2010. , p. 39
Keywords [en]
Social media, recruitment, facebook, twitter, linkedin, web 2.0
Keywords [sv]
Rekrytering, Web 2.0, sociala medier, facebook, linkedin, twitter
National Category
Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-10964ISRN: ORU-HUS/SOC-GK-2010/0035--SEArchive number: ORU-HUS/SOC-GK-2010/0035--SEOAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-10964DiVA, id: diva2:322696
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2010-07-06 Created: 2010-06-08 Last updated: 2017-10-18Bibliographically approved

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