The Social Resume: do you need one?

This post over at Social Media Today shows an infographic with statistics about the use of social media in hiring. They title the graphic the Social Resume, and it reinforces the need for a strong but measured approach to using social media. The results mirror the results from a survey done by the SHRM in 2011, which I wrote about here.

The biggest take away is that hiring managers/employers are using these tools more than job-seekers. For example 93% of employers reported using LinkedIn while just 38% of job-seekers use it. There appears to be an opportunity for the skilled job-seeker to use the social media tools to put out a positive public profile of themselves as a candidate no matter what the field or job you are seeking.