Jobvite, the recruitment technology innovator, launched Jobvite Source, the first Web application to help employers find the right candidates in social networks and on the Web. The application helps employees find referral prospects in their social networks and contacts and helps recruiters target prospective candidates on the Web. Any company can use Jobvite Source on its own or along with other recruiting technologies.

The Web and social networks have huge potential to help companies find employees, but it takes special skills and often hours to identify a prospect. Case in point, a Google search for a product manager in San Francisco turns up more than 50,000 results, few of which actually suggest a person who’s appropriate for the job.

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