Recruiting Via Your Employees' Social Networks - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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“Appirio’s matching engine comes up with a list of friends whose job titles, geographic location and other keywords match their company’s available positions, and the employee can send them a referral in Facebook,” said Ryan Nichols, Appirio’s vice president for product management. The matching engine has access to the same information that a Facebook friend does.
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Article in the New York Times about how companies like Appirio are creating web applications that help connect employers to matching employee candidates through social networks like Facebook. While many people may dismiss Facebook as an illegitimate way to connecting to employers, the industry is changing.
