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USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO RECRUIT Is Even More Important Than You Thought THE SEEKER THE RECRUITER SOCIAL MEDIA USERS BY AGE: 1 JOB LEVELS RECRUITED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA: 5 AGES OF PEOPLE WHO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO LOOK FOR OR RESEARCH A JOB 4 88% 79% 61% 36% 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ 69% OF ALL AMERICANS USE SOCIAL MEDIA 1 14.4 million People in the US have used social media to search for a job 2 84% OF ORGANIZATIONS USE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR RECRUITING 4 AGED 18-29 AGED 18-29 AGED 30-49 AGED 30-49 AGED 50+ AGED 50+ 42% of organizations say that candidate quality improved 3 20% say it takes less time to hire 3 73% HIRED SUCCESSFULLY USING SOCIAL MEDIA 3 APPLIED FOR A JOB FOUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA 3 31% saw an increase in employee referrals 3 87% 29% 23% 11% 82% 55% 45% 68% 26% 28% 25% 21% MOST POPULAR PLATFORMS: 1 43% 36% 24% Non-management, salaried employees Management, (i.e. directors, managers) Non-management, hourly employees Executive/upper management Sources: 1) Pew Research, January 2017 http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/social-media/; 2) Forbes, April 2017, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willia- marruda/2017/04/06/will-facebook-make-looking-for-a-job-easier-or-just-more-social/#148542204f89; 3) Job Seekers: Social Media is Even More Important than you Thought, Brooke Torres, themuse.com, https://www.themuse.com/advice/job-seekers-social-media-is-even-more-important-than-you-thought; 4) The Undercover Recruiter, https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/global-stats-recruiting-trends/; 5) Using Social Media for Talent Acquisition – Recruitment and Screening, Sept 2017, SHRM, https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/trends-and-forecasting/research-and-surveys/pages/social-media-recruiting-screening-2015.aspx TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOCIAL RECRUITING, PLEASE VISIT MONSTERGOVERNMENTSOLUTIONS.COM/SOCIAL-RECRUITMENT

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USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO RECRUIT Is Even More Important Than You Thought

THE SEEKER THE RECRUITER

SOCIAL MEDIA USERS BY AGE:1

JOB LEVELS RECRUITED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA:5

AGES OF PEOPLE WHO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO LOOK FOR OR RESEARCH A JOB4

88%

79%

61%

36%

18-2930-4950-64

65+

69% OF ALL AMERICANS USE SOCIAL MEDIA1

14.4 million People in the US have used social media to search for a job2

84% OF ORGANIZATIONS USE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR RECRUITING4

AGED 18-29

AGED 18-29

AGED 30-49

AGED 30-49

AGED 50+

AGED 50+

42% of organizations say thatcandidate quality improved3

20% say it takes less

time to hire3

73% HIRED SUCCESSFULLY USING SOCIAL MEDIA3

APPLIED FOR A JOB FOUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA3

31% saw an increase in employee referrals3

87%

29% 23% 11%

82%

55%

45%

68%26% 28% 25% 21%

MOST POPULAR PLATFORMS:1

43% 36% 24%

Non-management, salaried employees

Management, (i.e. directors, managers)

Non-management, hourly employees

Executive/upper management

Sources: 1) Pew Research, January 2017 http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/social-media/; 2) Forbes, April 2017, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willia-marruda/2017/04/06/will-facebook-make-looking-for-a-job-easier-or-just-more-social/#148542204f89; 3) Job Seekers: Social Media is Even More Important than you Thought, Brooke Torres, themuse.com, https://www.themuse.com/advice/job-seekers-social-media-is-even-more-important-than-you-thought; 4) The Undercover Recruiter, https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/global-stats-recruiting-trends/; 5) Using Social Media for Talent Acquisition – Recruitment and Screening, Sept 2017, SHRM, https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/trends-and-forecasting/research-and-surveys/pages/social-media-recruiting-screening-2015.aspx

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOCIAL RECRUITING, PLEASE VISITMONSTERGOVERNMENTSOLUTIONS.COM/SOCIAL-RECRUITMENT