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Does Social Networking = LinkedIn for Most Recruiters?

Dec 5, 2008
This article is part of a series called News & Trends.

David Manaster is raising some interesting points about using social media effectively. In a recent webinar on recruiting technology trends, an overwhelming amount of recruiters (66.82%) indicated that LinkedIn is their preferred social networking tool. What methods do you use, and which work best? What are the trends you’re predicting for 2009? What fads will cool off in the new year, and of course, which are just getting warmed up? Or are you a “phone will remain king” type of recruiter?

What social networking application are you most likely to use in your recruiting efforts?
# of Respondents% of Respondents
LinkedIn29866.82%
Facebook357.85%
MySpace71.57%
YouTube00.00%
Twitter40.90%
Other163.59%
None of the above8619.28%
Total Respondents446100.00%
This article is part of a series called News & Trends.
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