12 Things You Need To Know About Getting A Job Through Social Media

12 (actually 14) Things You Need To Know About Getting A Job Through Social Media
via SAI by Kim Bhasin on 4/08/11

1. Two-thirds of US companies expect to increase hiring in the coming year, according to a recent survey by social recruitment software developer JobVite.
2. If you’re hunting for one of those jobs, it’s going to help to be on social networks. But make sure you keep them updated and professional — nearly half of recruiters always try to track down your online profiles.
3. Over 80% of companies now use social media in their recruiting, and another 9% plan to start this year
4. And usage has increased over 12% over the past two years
5. Nearly two-thirds of recruiters have successfully hired talent using social networks, up 5% from the year prior
6. As expected, LinkedIn is by far the most used social site for recruiting. Facebook is a distant second
7. 100% of Fortune 500 companies have executives on LinkedIn, and 75% of Fortune 100 companies pay for job postings and/or improved search capabilities
8. 55% of companies are actively increasing their investment in social media recruiting
9. More than 2 million companies have LinkedIn Company Pages
10. The most represented companies on LinkedIn are Apple, eBay, Cisco, EMC, Amazon and Campbell’s
11. Recruiting on LinkedIn and Twitter is increasing, but Facebook’s growth has gone stagnant
12. Be ready for more competition than ever in your job search this year — 77% of recruiters expect an increase
13. Know that you’re competing against the 76% of LinkedIn users that have college degrees — 9 million of which are recent college grads
14. But recruiters admit that the best outside talent comes from referrals, not social networks

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