• Recruiting employees online can save time and money.computer image by Hao Wang from Fotolia.com
  
  Looking for employees can be a time-consuming task. Using the Internet for your recruiting efforts can significantly reduce that time. Understanding how to navigate the Internet and get the most out of your online recruiting efforts will help you find the perfect employees, which in turn will save you time and money.
  
  

Simplify the Process

• Making sure your website is easy to navigate can increase your applicant traffic, according to HRWorld.com. If an applicant can easily locate the button that takes him to the available job page, he will be more prone to take the time to apply. If the company website design is attractive, crisp and clean, potential applicants will take the time to navigate the site and send in their resumes.
  
  

Use Professional Networking Sites

• Professional online networking sites such as LinkedIn can provide you with an additional layer of protection with regard to recruiting potential employees. Using such a site allows you to view several tiers of contacts, their biographies and their experience. In addition, you can watch how they interact with others through their public responses and their blogs. Then you can choose which potential employees you want to approach.
  
  

Use Popular Social Sites

• Social sites, including Facebook, include the ability to recruit employees. Facebook has a "My Company's Hiring" area where you can have the opportunity to describe the position, view postings and receive feedback and ask for resumes. Once you create a Facebook page, you can use your membership to post job listings in the "My Company's Hiring" area of the page.
  
  

Take Advantage of Job Sites

• Take advantage of the many online career-building sites. The sites allow you to post job descriptions and provide a link for applicants to use to contact you. The career-building sites, including Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com, provide thousands if not millions of applicant profiles for you to choose from.
  
  

Create Your Own Website

• Creating your own recruiting website can bring millions of viewers to your job postings and provide you with a large range of applicants to choose from. Your recruiting website should clearly detail the available jobs and companies you represent. The site needs to have contact information so the applicant can communicate with you. The website should also reflect your professionalism and an estimated range of time the applicant can expect to wait to hear from you.