In 2023, social media recruitment is more important than ever before but many organisations are still under utilising social media in their recruitment strategies…
Social Media Recruitment Statistics 2023:
- Job board prices have risen more than 300% in recent times, yet, job board performance is declining.
- An advert on job boards takes, on average, 46 applications to hire 1 person. Whereas
- 56% of recruiters say they find the best candidates through social media. This is more than any other method, with only 37% of recruiters agreeing that they find the best candidates through job boards, for example.
- 86% of candidates are open to being approached about new opportunities through social media.
- In 2022, nearly 30% of teenagers turned to Instagram for news.
- Since 90% of the adult population own smartphones, it’s essential to reach users on these devices, whether it’s via a job site or social site.
- Nearly 90% of recruiters have found desirable candidates on LinkedIn, and automation helped them do it efficiently.
- 96% of specialists in employer branding use social media platforms to communicate.
- 73% of millennials found their last position through a social media site. (Aberdeen Group)
- 71% of recruiters said social media recruiting was effective in decreasing time-to-fill for non-management, salaried positions. (SHRM)
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