Social Media and Human Resource: Integration of Social Media Platforms in HR Functions and Organizational Development
Overview
This essay examines how social media platforms can be integrated into human resource functions within organizations. It argues that HR managers can leverage social media for talent acquisition, employee engagement, peer networking, and employee recognition, while reducing recruitment costs and improving brand reputation through public acknowledgment of employee contributions.
What this essay covers
- Introduction to social media's role in modern communication and its intensification during the coronavirus pandemic
- Talent acquisition and recruitment through social media platforms, including application sorting and interview scheduling
- Employee engagement and development through social media groups for peer networking and knowledge sharing
- Employee recognition and motivation via public endorsement on social media to enhance organizational brand reputation
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The world has become a global village connected through the internet. Social media plays a tremendous role in the modern system of communication. Today, different companies communicate through social media and hold summits through various social media platforms. The growth of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram is an alternative and fastest means of communication. The onset of the coronavirus pandemic has intensified the company's use of social media interactions. For example, video calling through zoom and google meet gained fame because companies held meetings through them after the outbreak. Human Resource (HR) in companies can take advantage of social media's growing popularity to grow their companies. This essay discusses how social media can be integrated with HR functions in an organization.
An HR manager can take advantage of social media in acquiring talents (Isaacson & Peacey, 2012). One of the functions of an HR is to source for talents to work with the organization. Social media provide avenues to post vacant positions to reach a more comprehensive network. People seeking employment can look for the requirements through the provided link and then weigh with their qualifications. They would then apply through the same channel, and the HR receives the applications instantly. Sorting out applications sent through social media is a simple task that an HR can even perform while at his home relaxing. This is better than having a bunch of papers to sort.