Are you an IT hiring manager? Are you worried about hiring the new recruits and whether or not would you be able to recruit the best talent in the town? Are you looking for new hiring tools that can help you edge out? Then you are in right place. The answers to all these questions can be found out in this article.

The hiring methods have changed a lot in the last decade. They are not just based on a few personal relations only. Hiring is considered as a whole process and its importance is vital in the firm’s sustainability. IT department of any firm should constitute some talented bunch of people because they provide the essential tools for working.

Finding the best available new recruits for IT jobs can be difficult given the amount of saturation of new graduates. IT contracting companies can be of great help in this regard. If you are looking to become an IT headhunter then you need to be accustomed to the ways of modern world. You must know all the new ways to hunt the new talent.

Outsourcing this task to technical staffing agencies can also be a good idea given the experience and professionalism. Let’s take a look on what the new hiring tools offer and how they can help in hiring the best IT experts.

Web has made its mark quite superbly in the business world. There are many new web tools that can help you in recruiting the new IT talent. Scroll down to see what these new tools are.

LinkedIn:
LinkedIn is the new and the most popular website that can help efficiently in recruiting according to your own needs. The personalized searches, LinkedIn recruiter subscription, job posting, personal and company’s profile and finding a reference are some of those features that makes LinkedIn stand out from other hiring tools.
All of this personalization can help you in finding the most compatible person for your IT job. The IT staffing needs of any firm can be met professionally by using this tremendous and famous hiring tool.

Glassdoor:
Glassdoor is another professional site that is in the new trends list. It is a free website where people can review the different companies, the information of which is being posted on Glassdoor anonymously. These ratings can help the job seekers to review the companies and get an idea before applying. The Glassdoor ratings of a company can be a lot of help to attract the new talent.

Facebook:
Facebook is not only confined to posting statuses about outings, food etc. It is much more than that. People follow all the big names on Facebook and this fan following does the free marketing. If you can manage to create your own company’s page on Facebook then you are certain to attract a lot of attention. The jobs posted on Facebook can reach millions of people. These jobs can also be sponsored by paying Facebook a little amount of money.

Monster:
Monster is the most popular employment website in United States. It can help both the employer and the employee by posting a job and uploading the resume respectively. By posting a job with particular interests mentioned, it can be of great help to reach out to candidates far away in the corners of the world.

Meet ups and Forums
While the above mentioned hiring tools may be social media forums cum hiring opportunity, there are “specific to talent hiring” sites like Meetup that allow you to find candidates in a specific field of specialty like IT. There is virtually a Meetup for any type of job candidate that you desire. Similarly talent hunting forums (like Whirlpool and Mumbrella) allow you to publicize IT jobs and hunt for the right candidates for your business.