ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First I could like to thank the LORD almighty for being with us all the time. Without his will

and guidance nothing would have been possible.

I would to express my sincere gratitude to the Principal R. W Alexander Jesudasan, M.Sc.,

and Ph.D., for giving us the opportunity to take up the study and also the various facilities

provided during the course of the study.

I also thank Mrs. R. Belinda, head of the department, for her constant support and

encouragement towards the research. I extent special thanks to my Project Guide

Mr.Sankaranarayanan for his continuous and strong guidance at every stage of the research

process. We thank all other faculty members of the department who have been sources of

help and support for the completion of the research.

I take this precious opportunity to put on paper our grateful thanks to our Family, Friends,

all the Respondents and all those who have helped me to complete this project successfully.

Date: SATHIYA SEELAN D.P

Place:

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 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project titled “A Study on impact of social media in recruiting

process” is a research done by SATHIYA SEELAN D.P a full time student of master of

social work specializing in human resources management, Madras Christian College

(autonomous), Chennai, during the period of their study in the academic year 2014-2016.

This project reports represents and the part of the candidates under my supervision and

guidance.

Dr. R. Belinda Mr.Sankaranarayanan

Head of the department Project Guide

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1 Acknowledgement

2 Table of contents

3 List of tables

4 Chapter 1 Introduction and methodology

5 Chapter 2 Review of literature

6 Chapter 3 Analysis and interpretation

7 Chapter 4 Main findings and suggestions

8 Chapter 5 Conclusion

9 Bibliography

10 Appendix

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1 Social Media in Recruiting 24

2 Social media as recruiting tools 25

3 Required candidate in Job specification 26

4 Social Media Sites 27

5 Tactics in Social Media 28

6 Candidate on social networks 29

7 Implementing social recruiting 30

8 Social Media Video Interview 31

9 Major Challenges in social media 32

10 Best Candidates 33

11 Biggest red flags in job applicant’s social profile 34

12 Tools in promoting social media hiring 35

13 The most viewed of social networking sites 36

14 Review of social networking sites 37

15 Social media and convenient method 38

16 Average recruitment through social media 39

17 Employee Opinion on social media 40

18 Opinion on social media recruiting 41

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19 Improvement in social media recruitment 42