Jobvite recently polled over a thousand HR and recruitment professionals on their social media recruiting activity. The results of the survey suggest the trend towards using social media as a recruitment strategy continues to grow. More specifically:
- 92 percent use or plan to begin using social networks and social media for recruiting.
- Facebook and Twitter recruiting adoption is growing rapidly; 66 percent of those polled are using Facebook and 54 percent are using Twitter to source candidates.
- LinkedIn is becoming “nearly universal” for recruiting with 93 percent reporting using it for sourcing.
- 73 percent of recruiters have successfully hired a candidate who was identified or introduced through a social media network.
- 89 percent reported making hires through LinkedIn, 26 percent through Facebook, and 15 percent through Twitter.
- 89 percent of recruiters said they were likely to look at social profiles.
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