The new success mantra in almost every industry these days seems to revolve around the profound synergies to be had in networking and collaboration. The notion is that a great breakthrough is not born in a moment of isolated epiphany but rather nurtured via a laborious process that involves meetings of minds, sharing and collaboration. This applies to ideas, processes and products/services.
Well the HR industry is no outlier in this new universe and Bayt.com, ever the game-changer in both the Middle East HR and IT arenas, has already tapped into this new universe of possibility in its marketing, research and new age product development activities. In real life, "social" activities have always been a key part of the job search and recruitment process. Some examples where social activities play an important role in recruitment include:
Incorporating these social behaviors in the job search process has been the driver behind some of the key enhancements to the Middle East's #1 jobsite Bayt.com in the last few months. You are probably thinking of our newly launched Bayt.com Public Profiles platform which marries social networking features and benefits with the advantages of online recruitment. You are also probably thinking of our revamped Jobseeker Workspace which allows professionals to network and collaborate with friends in companies they are targeting. You may also be thinking of our newly launched Salaries and Companies Reviews platforms which enable regional professionals to respectively share salary information as well as career experiences vis-a-vis companies they have worked in.
These are the latest of our product launches that reinforce our footprint in the social arena but by no means do these sum up Bayt.com's contribution to the networking and collaboration space. What else has bayt done that is game-changing in this arena? Well 10 years ago we introduced the very notion of networking and collaboration between employers and jobseekers to the MENA region when we enabled every jobseeker in the region instant access to jobs across the region while extending to regional employers access to the widest array of jobseeekers they had been able to reach to date.
Today employers can further network by ''chatting'' with jobseekers on a live, real-time basis through Bayt.com's LiveHire and jobseekers can collaborate to help each other secure jobs by referring each other, giving each other Bayt.com badges of approval and identifying if they have friends in their immediate circles who can benefit in the job search. They can also share thoughts, ideas, opinions, content and networking space on the very dynamic newly launched Bayt.com Communities platforms.
Moreover the regular pioneering Bayt.com Virtual Job Fairs have allowed networking and collaboration between jobseekers and employers at a heightened and amplified level and continue to attract unprecedented mass appeal. And finally the regular MENA HR research reports, polls and indices Bayt.com produces by tapping into its rich community are a profound testimony to the power of shared minds and thoughts and opinions. What would a future for recruitment that is all about networking and collaboration look like?
Stay tuned . . . you will find its optimal manifestations on www.Bayt.com.
