LinkedIn social network web visit share in Italy 2017-2020
LinkedIn, a leading professional social media platform, held 0.5 percent of all social networks' visits in Italy as of July 2018, while in October 2020 the share decreased to 0.16 percent.
Users
The number of LinkedIn users in Italy increased, passing from five million unique users as of 2014, to 11.2 million users as of February 2018. By offering the possibility of uploading one's own CV and promoting one's own profile, LinkedIn seems to be one of the essential online tools for professionals looking for new job challenges.
Job search
As reported by a 2018 survey about job search , over 60 percent of the young people in Italy, who had applied for a job in the year preceding the survey, had sent their resumes directly to prospective employers. 38.6 percent stated that they had searched for a job by clicking on job ads on social network websites. By contrast, only 2.5 percent of the respondents stated that they had taken use of job search websites. 26.6 percent of the young people stated that they had posted their resume on social network websites, like LinkedIn.
Users
The number of LinkedIn users in Italy increased, passing from five million unique users as of 2014, to 11.2 million users as of February 2018. By offering the possibility of uploading one's own CV and promoting one's own profile, LinkedIn seems to be one of the essential online tools for professionals looking for new job challenges.
Job search
As reported by a 2018 survey about job search , over 60 percent of the young people in Italy, who had applied for a job in the year preceding the survey, had sent their resumes directly to prospective employers. 38.6 percent stated that they had searched for a job by clicking on job ads on social network websites. By contrast, only 2.5 percent of the respondents stated that they had taken use of job search websites. 26.6 percent of the young people stated that they had posted their resume on social network websites, like LinkedIn.
