Social Media and the Effect on Recruitment [INFOGRAPHIC]

Social media has become the focus of not only our private lives, but our careers as well. Websites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn have pretty much become a reflection of our daily lives. Employers have noticed this too. Social media has become the number 1 source of potential employees and talents for employers and recruiting companies to hire. It is cheap, fast, convenient and one of the best ways to judge a person’s character. In a survey carried out by Jobvite earlier this year, it was seen that 92% of U.S. companies hire through social media websites, more so in websites such as LinkedIn and Facebook. The infographic below details further findings of the survey.

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