50% of Britons turn to social networks to find work

adzuna presents Job Hunting in 2013 The social job search revolution in f in 50% of Britons use social media when job hunting. 90% of Big British employers use social networks to recruit. Microsoft PeG_accenture L'ORÉAL Cðbary amazon.co.uk 300 relevant jobs f in The average UK jobseeker is connected to 300 relevant jobs through their social network Get hired with a little help from your 43% of Britons prefer to leverage Facebook friends to find their |dream job 55% f in 1 22% of Britons prefer to leverage Linkedin networks to find their dream job in Only 1/8 people worry about privacy on social networks when job hunting 58% 55% of women turn to Facebook for job hunting advice, whereas 58% of men prefer Linkedin. North / South Divide Northerners use Facebook to find work The UK's Biggest Networkers in % of who've been hired with a little help from their friends Southerners favour Linkedin to find work 5-9% 10-14% 15-19% 1-4% 16.5% No.1 Social Jobseeker The Most Social Jobseekers 13% 11% 9% % of respondents that use social networks to find work 8% 8% Retail It Creative & Design Accounting & Finance Pr, Advertising & Marketing The data in this infographic is compiled from a UK survey conducted by leading social job site Adzuna.co.uk in December 2012. Adzuna is a search engine for classified ads used by over 1M visitors per month. Try Adzuna Connect now www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/connect.html