The Social Media Job Market

The Social Media Job Market Personal and Professional Worlds Collide as Employers Turn to Social Networks for Recruiting There was a time when getting a job required a lot of actual legwork (physical walking), multiple interviews, and a stack of resumes. It was expected that finding employment would take a bit of time. However, in the present economic state, executives want to fill open positions with super qualified as quickly and cost effectively as possible. For the unemployed, this means becoming as market is expanding as individuals : connected as possible and staying constantly updated. The social media both job seekers and recruiters turn to the Internet to find a wider expanse of opportunity. From a Company's Perspective Every Fortune 500 company has an executive who is a Linkedin member 50% of Linkedin members are business decision makers in their companies A recent study showed that in 2012: 16% of companies will invest more in job boards 55% will invest more in social media for hiring purposes 54% of companies use more than one social network for recruiting From a Job Seeker's Perspective 90% of jobseekers have a social media profile 36,600,000 people found employment using Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter = 300,000 people Social Hires by Network Employee Referrals That Turned Into Hires by Network Twitter 7% Twitter 16% Facebook 20% Facebook 43% Linkedin 73% Linkedin 41% TIME Magazine's Tips for Social Job Searching ACT FAST TẠP YOUR GO BEYOND KEEP EVERYONE DON'T COUNT NETWORK TO JOB-RELATED YOU KNOW IN ANYONE OUT AS STAY UPBEAT NETWORKING THE LOOP USEFUL ödm group http://slideshare.net/StevenDuque/33-essential-social-recruiting-stats-2011 http://mashable.com/2011/12/11/can-facebook-get-you-a-job/ http://socialmediadd.com/Articles.asp?ID=249 odmgrp.com http://time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1903083-2,00.html