- HR is finally embracing social networking reveals report
- Age has little to do with the trend with older workers being more likely to log on to social networking sites
- HR professionals are also using these sites to inform business decisions
Report reveals HR is pro social networking
Posted by veritygee in on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 09:37
HR professionals are finally using social networking to inform important business decisions, a new report has revealed.
The survey, conducted by Communications Management, a reputation management agency specialising in workplace issues, found that of the 250 HR decision makers surveyed, eight out of ten use social networking to some extent, while over a quarter have become aware of a supplier via the same route.
What's more, according to the figures, rather that this being a trend with younger HR teams, age plays little part in the reality of social network users with 59.1% of those over 45 listing ‘online’ as their most frequented media channel, compared to 57.9% of those under 45.
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