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2. What percentage of 18-34 year olds used social media to find their job?

3. What percentage of 18-34 year olds used social media to find their job?
And this figure doesn’t look like it will be getting any smaller. Recruiters actively use social media to encourage candidates to apply for their jobs.

4. What percentage of employers rated candidates from social media as ‘highest quality’?
B- 40%
C- 59%
D- 93%

5. What percentage of employers rated candidates from social media as ‘highest quality’?
Social media is quickly becoming a more reliable way of seeing if someone is up to the job.

6. What percentage of recruiters actively recruit through LinkedIn?
B- 40%
C- 65%
D- 94%

7. What percentage of recruiters actively recruit through LinkedIn?
While 94% of recruiters are on LinkedIn, only 36% of candidates are. This means LinkedIn has far more jobs advertised than people are applying for.

8. What percentage of recruiters actively recruit through Facebook?
D- 96%

9. What percentage of recruiters actively recruit through Facebook?
While 65% of employers use Facebook, 83% of candidates use it too. This means there are far more people applying for each job advertised on Facebook.

10. Social media content containing images gets more views, but by what percentage?

11. Social media content containing images gets more views, but by what percentage?
If you’re looking to promote yourself images are the best way to do it.

12. Job posts that contain a video to promote the job have more applicants, but by what percentage ?

13. Job posts that contain a video to promote the job have more applicants, but by what percentage ?
This is because candidates are more likely to apply for a job if they know more about it.

14. What percentage of employers will check social media profiles before offering someone a job?

15. What percentage of employers will check social media profiles before offering someone a job?
This means that you will probably apply for a job at some point in your life and someone will check your social media profiles….. And you may not even know they’ve done it!

16. What percentage of employers have rejected a candidate based on their social media profile?

17. What percentage of employers have rejected a candidate based on their social media profile?
Social media says a lot about a person, good and bad, so it’s important you are only promoting the good things you do.

18. Social media is a great way of looking for jobs.
A few key points:
Social media is a great way of looking for jobs.
LinkedIn is a much more reliable website to look for a job than Facebook.
You should post pictures on your social media profile if you want to promote yourself.
Your social media profile advertises you and may be checked (whether you know about it or not) so be careful what you put.
Do you have high security settings on your social media accounts so strangers can’t see?
Remember if you accept friend requests from people who you don’t know then you are already allowing strangers to see your social media profile regardless of your security settings.

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