Recruiting in China

So I created a Facebook account soon after they opened membership to select companies.I was hoping to offer some insight here on how the social network site might be applicable to recruiters. So far my experience has been interesting.

To poke or not to poke.

Soon after setting up an account, I logged in to find out that Mike Deluca, VP of Sales at Yahoo! HotJobs, once referred to as, ¡®the largest source of fear in my universe,¡¯ had, ¡®poked¡¯ me.

Facebook defines a, ¡®Poke¡¯ as¡­

"We have about as much of an idea as you do. We thought it would be fun to make a feature that had no real purpose and to see what happens from there. So mess around with it, because you're not getting an explanation from us."

The uncomfortable moment passed and I responded by poking Mike DeLuca¡­again and again and again and again. After a while I quit poking Mike Deluca. Regret set in. I began to think of career path and how with each passing poke that path may have become more and more limited. Then ADD set in. I quit concerning myself and got back on track to do some research.

I ran searches on company names.

Yahoo returned over 500 results
Google returned 498
Monster.com, 152
Jobster, 44

The site is clean and easy to use. If you are looking to source names from distinct companies or colleges then it might be worth checking out.

Back to career path¡­

You think I can get myself out of this poking mess by posting a highlight clip of Mike D¡¯s son in action at his football game?