Social media is, and will increasingly
become, the new job marketplace, according to research from Adecco Group. More
than 17,000 job seekers and more than
1,500 recruiters from 24 countries took
part in Adecco’s survey about the use
of social media for recruitment and job
searches.
According to the Adecco study, in 2013
53% of all recruitment activity involved
the Internet, with a particular focus on
social media. For 2014, respondents expect
61% of recruitment activity to involve
the Internet. Seven out of 10 recruiters
say they use social media for their human
resource activities, and not just to fill the
highest positions—the majority of profiles that people search for via social media
today are nonmanagerial ones.
Half of all job seekers say they use
social media to search for job opportunities. Almost 30% of job seekers have
been contacted through social media by
a recruiter at least once, and 9% of those
have received a job offer via social media.
The study also confirms that the candidates’ social media reputation matters,
and recruiters largely use social networks
to assess it. For this purpose, the use of
LinkedIn remains predominant (68%),
but Facebook is also relevant (52%).
Staffing firms
have a lot
to smile about
Staffing firms
have a lot
to smile about
Office–Clerical
and Administrative
Technical, IT,
and Scientific
Industrial Health Care
92% Overall
Staffing firms earn sky-high satisfaction levels. Among the nearly 12,000 temporary
and contract workers who participated in the 2014 ASA Staffing Employee Survey,
nine out of 10 said they are satisfied with their staffing company. That level of satisfaction figure holds true even when the data is broken down by industry sector. For
more results from this ASA survey, see Research & Data on americanstaffing.net.
Hiring Looks Up for the
End of 2014
According to CareerBuilder’s latest job
forecast, nearly three in 10 employers plan
to hire full-time, permanent employees
in the fourth quarter, up four percentage
points over last year. Among the 2,203
hiring and human resource managers surveyed, one in four expect to hire seasonal
workers.
Two in five retailers (43%) plan to hire
seasonal workers in Q4. Companies across
industries are looking for help, though—
26% of surveyed companies plan to hire
seasonal employees in Q4, and 42% of
these companies expect to transition some
seasonal staff members into full-time, permanent roles.
Nearly half (46%) of companies hiring
seasonal employees said they’re boosting staffs to help with the busier holiday
season; 25% are focused on wrapping
up the year, and 24% on ramping up for
2015. The top five seasonal positions that
companies are recruiting for in Q4 are
customer service, administrative and clerical, shipping and delivery, accounting and
finance, and inventory management. ➤
Human Resource Practices in the Social Media Age
46% of companies hiring
seasonal employees say
they’re boosting staffs to
help with the busier holiday
season.
Half of all job seekers
say they use social media to
search for job opportunities.