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This chapter clarifies how social media can be used by employers to recruit and by employees to be recruited. Besides general tips and tricks for e-recruitment, the reader will learn about some specific applications of social media tools that are frequently used worldwide. The main focus is on LinkedIn™, which is a social media tool dedicated to recruiting and professional networking, but other social media tools can also support e-recruitment (e.g., Facebook™, Instagram™, or Twitter™). We also delve into dedicated software systems that support e-recruitment. Furthermore, the chapter reflects on legal and ethical consequences that social media can have on hiring and firing.
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Van Looy, A. (2022). e-Recruitment. In: Social Media Management. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99094-7_9
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