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?
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SHRM. (August 25, 2011). Do you use social networking websites for screening job candidates? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 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 April 29, 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: April 29, 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 April 29, 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/