Online recruitment jobseekers turn to social media in tough job market

With several thousand of the UKís 13 million jobseekers relying solely on the internet to find a job*, one innovative recruitment company has embraced this new era and will be declared UKís best management consultancy firm this month, partly due to its trailblazing adoption of social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter.

Beament Leslie Thomas (BLT) was voted best UK management consultancy recruitment firm by more than 750 management consultants in Top-Consultant.comís influential annual survey conducted in February this year.

BLT is one of the few management consultancy recruitment firms in the UK regularly using social media tools such as blogging, Facebook, Twitter and even a dedicated You Tube channel to keep in touch with their database of candidates.

ìSocial networking tools are no longer the domain of Generation Y and the IT industry, they provide an extremely effective way of engaging with our growing database of candidates on an individual basis,î says Don Leslie, director of BLT management consultancy recruitment division.

Don Leslie, who started out with Deloitteís business advisory team and has specialised in this area since 1983, was also voted UKís top management consultant recruiter in the survey.

ìDon Leslie and the team at BLT have consistently been top performers in our annual survey of management consulting candidates, says Tony Restell, director and co-founder of Top-Consultant.com.

ìThis year the team at BLT have excelled themselves by winning both the top firm and top individual recruiter awards, an outstanding achievement,î he says.

ìCandidates in the survey praised the professional way in which BLT treated them: providing prompt, honest responses and good feedback on opportunities and alternatives. Don Leslie was highly regarded for his in-depth market knowledge, enthusiasm in assisting candidates and extensive contact network within the consulting industry.î

* National Online Recruitment Survey 2008