Jobvite, a recruitment platform for the social Web, this week announced the results of its annual Social Recruiting Survey. The data reveal social recruiting has become an essential HR practice, with 92% of U.S. companies using social networks and media to find talent in 2012, up from 78% five years ago. LinkedIn continues to be a dominant recruiting network, while Facebook and Twitter have seen major adoption growth in the past year. Two thirds of companies now recruit through Facebook and more than half (54%) use Twitter to find new talent. Jobvite also found that...
A new national survey from Jobvite reveals more than 22 million Americans used social networks to find their most recent job opportunity — up 7.7 million from last year's survey. One in six members of the workforce say an online social network was one of the sources they used to find a job, and those with more contacts get better results. With the national unemployment rate at 9.0% in October, fierce competition has 54% of all job seekers using Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter in their hunt for work. Nearly nine out of 10 job seekers (86%) have a social media...
