• ZD Net, Friday, November 18, 2011 12:44 PM

Nearly half -- 48% -- of all U.S. job seekers have performed at least one social job-hunting activity on Facebook in the last year, reports ZDNet, citing new survey results from the polling company. “If we exclude individuals without a Facebook account, the number jumps to 63 percent,” ZDNet points out. Conducted on behalf of the social recruiting company Jobvite, the survey also found that that over 22 million Americans used a social network to find their most recent job opportunity -- almost three times more than 7.7 million Americans who reported doing so last year.

The study, which surveyed 2,049 adults between October 24 and October 27, included questions on current employment status. 1,205 respondents were part of the domestic workforce, and the use of social networks to find job opportunities. Respondents for the survey were selected from an opt-in panel, and had expressed prior consent to participate in online surveys such as this.

The company claims the demographics of this audience closely match the nationwide population of adults with respect to gender, age, and region, and race and ethnicity.

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