Announcing the Winner of Our Social Recruiting Contest!

Happy Social Media Day!

Last week, Pinstripe announced a social recruiting contest in honor of Social Media Day 2011. All we asked was that you share with us your stories of social recruiting success, for the chance to win an iPad2.

We received some great entries. And, the winner is…..

Lauren Haymond. Lauren, we’ll be shipping your iPad soon!

Lauren shared her story of success at a boutique technology consulting firm that did not use outside search firms and had no access to job boards. She was able to determine that a large community of IT professionals use LinkedIn to network and manage their career information. “Through the use of LinkedIn, I was able to identify and network with candidates that would have never heard of my company. I used all of the basic search tools, joined groups and consistently added contacts. Working the network I built through LinkedIn, I was able to make better placements faster,” she wrote. Lauren was able to build a solid network of IT professionals and ultimately make more than 30 hires and increase the overall caliber of talent in the organization, with no applicable search fees.

The honorable mention goes to our friend Bill Boorman, who shared the story of his social recruiting project for the grand opening of the Hard Rock Firenze. If you aren’t familiar with Bill, check out his blog and #TRU Events.

Special thanks to all our contest entrants – we at Pinstripe enjoyed reading your success stories!


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