Recruiting Global Supply Chain Executive by the Means of Social Media

Abstract

Global supply chains including logistics and other industry sectors in adopting social media networks for recruitment and risk missing out on talent if the issues are not addressed. Serious consideration needs to be given particularly by B2B but also by B2C businesses in order to attract suitable employees. Employees and prospective employee’s expectations will increasingly revolve around the use of social media. The research is original in that it investigates an emerging as well as contemporary issue that is of considerable importance in recruiting global supply chain managers. The research provides value by highlighting that in recruiting global supply chain managers, organizations have been slow to adopt new technologies and recommends actions to remedy this. Organizations seeking to employ global supply chain managers particularly those engaged in B2B activities and logistics industry sectors in adopting new ways of recruiting talent. Building on the findings, we present models of how organizations should move to adopt web based technologies and the steps needed to engage fully in using social media to recruit global supply chain managers.

The purpose of the paper is to investigate if and to what degree, social media are used for the recruitment of global supply chain managers. This is a conceptual paper that discusses how organizations should engage with social media platforms for effective recruitment of global supply chain managers.