This survey details the use of social networking websites as a tool for screening job candidates within organizations in 2008 and 2011. Of the Human Resources professionals asked in 2011, some 67 percent stated that they do not use or plan to use this tool in their organization.
Do you use social networking websites for screening job candidates?
Characteristic
2011
2008
No, we never have and do not plan to use this tool for screening
67%
67%
Yes, we currently use this online tool to screen job candidates
18%
13%
No, we never have, but plan to use this tool for screening in the future
11%
18%
Yes, we have used this tool previously, but do not plan to do so again
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SHRM. (August 25, 2011). Do you use social networking websites for screening job candidates? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/225344/screening-job-candidates-using-social-media/
SHRM. "Do you use social networking websites for screening job candidates?." Chart. August 25, 2011. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225344/screening-job-candidates-using-social-media/
SHRM. (2011). Do you use social networking websites for screening job candidates?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225344/screening-job-candidates-using-social-media/
SHRM. "Do You Use Social Networking Websites for Screening Job Candidates?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Aug 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225344/screening-job-candidates-using-social-media/
SHRM, Do you use social networking websites for screening job candidates? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225344/screening-job-candidates-using-social-media/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Do you use social networking websites for screening job candidates? [Graph], SHRM, August 25, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/225344/screening-job-candidates-using-social-media/
