HR and Social Media

On Friday I attended a breakfast which was organised by Robert Walters (FYI they have an AWESOME view of Sydney from their office- check it out if you get the opportunity).

It was called ‘HR & Social Media’ and it was presented by Richard Spencer from the Daemon Group.

It was set-out and explained in a very simple but effective manner and I really enjoyed the presentation from Richard.

He reminded us that when we say ‘social media’ we’re talking about blogs, microblogs (Twitter), RSS, networks (Facebook), Chat, Forums, Videos, photos and podcasts- so no its not ALL about facebook although it is hugely popular.

• Some key take outs for me (from my scribbles in my notepad):
  ‘55% of the HR Professionals rate word of mouth as the best source of candidates’ HR Next
• ‘I’ll be stunned if 50% of candidate referrals aren’t coming through online communities in the next 5 years’ Taleo
• Around 73% of Australians have access to the internet and about 25% use it everyday
• 45% of employers screen social media sites
• LinkedIn has over 1 million Australian members from a working population of around 9 ½ million people
• The sum of all jobs publicised on twitter makes it the 5th largest job board in the world

I still become amazed at these stats as they keep coming and coming, and its inspiring to hear how other companies are doing amazing things with it.

You can view the whole Daemon presentation below, or follow them on Twitter @daemonwithin