...Yes of course we do!

The last three years has seen massive growth in recruiters using the net but the last two years has seen an explosion in the use of social networking sites. Every consultant at Circlesquare has a LinkedIn account with which we use to network clients and candidates a like, indeed it’s becoming increasingly common for consultants to be targeted on the number of candidate referrals they can make on a weekly basis, and has become an integral part of a recruitment process.

This means that as a candidate you really need to be joining and updating your profile on a regular basis to ensure that potential employers or recruiters are seeing a real-time profile that clearly states what you are looking to do and what kind of things you would be interested in talking to them about. It sounds very silly and simple but you also need to respond to any of the invites sent to you by recruiters via the site!

I cannot overstate the importance of these sites I would suggest that over the last 12 months around 40% of our placements here at Circlesquare have come as a direct result of using a social networking site.

So keep updating and keep talking to your recruiters.