Comment by Tim Spagnola on April 13, 2012 at 6:51am

A fair question indeed Kelly. One interesting thing that I can add to this topic is that recent survey was conducted by AMN Healthcare asking providers what social networks they use for professional networking and was surprised to see Facebook lead the list.

Of the surveyed health care providers, 41% said they are using Facebook, 29% said they are using YouTube, 23% said they are using LinkedIn, 11% said they are using Twitter and 3% said they are using Foursquare for professional networking purposes.

It should be noted it was a sample of 2k responses, but as a healthcare recruiter I found it interesting to see how many turned to Facebook.

Comment by Kelly Blokdijk on April 13, 2012 at 4:58pm

Thank, Tim. Those stats are interesting! Wonder where Pinterest fits in that list...

I do see plenty of interaction with people that know each other professionally on FB. But not sure that I would classify that as "professional networking" as the majority of activity skews toward personal topics. 

I'm wondering if what is being included in the FB count are: BranchOut, BeeKnown, GlassDoor and similar applications that can be accessed through the FB login. 

Comment by Jacob Share on April 15, 2012 at 8:22am

I'm glad this survey was done, although the results don't surprise me because they reflect how I use Facebook when I don't have my work hat on. Additionally, I don't see Facebook fan pages as being overly active although there are exceptions. Regardless, none of this takes away from the value of Facebook for recruiters.

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