#SocialRecruitingA GLOBAL STUDY

THE JOB SEEKERS

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40 %

Personal branding

47.1 %Check what other sayabout potential employers

49.4 %Submittingapplications

55.2 %Researching potentialemployers’

pages49 %

Distributing my CV

53.1 %Professionalnetworking

63.3 %Searching for ads

in red the most social uses

Looking for a new job? Find out how to make it happen with social media

Use of social mediafor specific job search activities

GENERAL COMPANY

INFORMATION

(e.g. about, contact...)

SHARED

PICTURES

NUMBER OF

FOLLOWERS

(e.g. fans, groupmembers...)

FIRM POPULARITY

(e.g. likes, reviews...)COMPANY'S

INTERACTION

WITH USERS

CONTENT POSTED

BY THE COMPANY

COMMENTS POSTED

BY OTHER USERS

JOB POSTINGS

(and abilityto search for jobs)

RANKING

RANKING

RECOMMENDATION

ON THIS COMPANY

BY RELATIVES

OR CONTACTS

What does it take to get a job

through social media?

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Contactedby a recruiter

DistributingCV

Get thejob

29 %

9 %

49 %

The more people you know

online, the better your chances

are of finding a new job

Privacy and professional image

on Facebook.

How much do you care?

Adecco has published its first global

study on the use of social media for

recruiting and job search practices.

In this infographic, the focus will be

on the responses of job seekers

from 24 countries.

total

responses

17.272use at least one

social media

account for job

search purposes

55%

I assume my profile is only viewed by my friends

My profile can only be accessed by my friends

It is important to maintaina professional image online

My online image is important to my future

I work hard to mantain a profes-sional image on my profile

Online Network Offline Network

mediumnetwork

richnetwork

weaknetwork

Chances ofgetting a job

How much do the following

components attract your attention

to a company’s social media page?

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Only a smallpercentage of job seekers

thinks it is important to maintain a

professional image online

Social mediatremendously

changes the waywe search for

new jobs

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