November 17th, 2011 → 2:59 pm @ Gabe // One Comment

Did you know that by a margin quickly approaching 2-1, job seekers are crediting Facebook with helping them land their latest gig?

 

In the article, “Job Seekers Turn to Facebook for Job Hunting” by John Zappe on ere.net we find out that according Jobvite’s Social Job Seeker Survey 2011, LinkedIn is actually in a distant second with 46 percent of job seekers attributing their new position to that business-oriented network. It is important to note as well that because most job seekers use more than one social network the numbers add up to more than 100 percent.

 

According to Dan Finnigan, Jobvite president and CEO, “Our new national survey shows that socially savvy job seekers have an advantage over their fellow job hunters and it’s paying off. While referrals are still the top source of new jobs, online social networks play an increasingly important role in job hunting today.”

 

Jobvite reports that more than 22 million workers said they found their job through social networking, which is an increase of 7.6 million since last year’s survey.

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