Is social recruiting actually happening?

This is fast becoming 'buzzword territory' and not an actual strategy designed to get you the right people.

The idea of 'social recruiting' -- the concept whereby hiring managers, HR types, and others look at your social media profiles as a way to (a) find you or (b) move you along in a job search -- has been in the business media for a while now. Josh Bersin wrote about it in Forbes back in 2012, and with this new Microsoft-LinkedIn deal that's been analyzed…