USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR JOB SEEKER

Abstract

With the current technological advancement, the utilization of social media network has evolved from basic posting platform to a medium of job seeking. This study has evaluated the effectiveness of LinkedIn for the job seekers and analyzed the issues faced by the job seekers in using the social media network. This study was done based on descriptive research design. Questionnaire was utilized to collect the survey data. This work was accustomed to 103 respondents selected for the fact that the respondents were the job seekers, who were regularly engaged to various social sites. The outcome of this work showed that 83.5% of the respondents have agreed that LinkedIn has helped in searching the job in quick manner. In addition 80.6% agree that productivity of job search has increased over time and overall social media proved to be useful in job search. Furthermore, respondents stated that compatibility of LinkedIn and   sharing information online as a concern of issue faced while job seeking.