INM MAGAZINE VOLUME 8 | FEBRUARY 2016
#Emerging Trends
S.No.
1
2
3
4
5
Country
Top
choice
recruiters
United Kingdom (UK)
Twitter
United States of America Facebook
(USA)
Germany & DACH region Xing
(German speaking countries)
France
Viadeo
Asian Countries
LinkedIn
SNW is the fastest growing medium in terms of quality
hires, increasing by 73% over the past four years as
compared to other mediums like referral programs,
company career websites, etc.
LinkedIn continues to be the most popular option
among 50.8% companies whereas 49.2% companies still
continue to not brand themselves on either of the
platforms (as indicated in the graph below):
Hence, as indicated by the graph above, the scope to
explore and exploit social media as a recruitment forum
vests in the fact that 49% of the employers still prefer
using a recruitment consultant to advertise a new role as
compared to all other methods. The results were drawn
of Next
choice
recruiters
Facebook
-
of
LinkedIn
Facebook
based on a survey conducted on 896 job seekers and 280
hiring managers and was indicated by 'Robert Walters'
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