“…Public sector organizations use platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook to advertise vacancies, source candidates, assess applications, conduct background checks and communicate with applicants (Girard et al ., 2014). Studies show that leading government agencies leverage social media analytics for labour market analysis to identify talent needs, use targeted ads to recruit niche profiles and manage organizational brands through social platforms (Soldatova et al ., 2022). Adopting social media expands reach to access passive candidates not actively job-hunting, reduces recruitment advertising costs, provides alternative screening through social profile analysis and projects employer brand more interactively (Girard et al ., 2014; Caers and Castelyns, 2011).…”