26 Feb, 2009

Should headhunters advertise results

26 Feb, 2009

MSC Discussion results following the Linked in debate “Real Headhunters would never advertise a job on a linked in discussion board”

This article was posted as a discussion on Linkedin on Tuesday 24th February across 12 groups. Over 200 individuals responded, providing the statistics for the data below.


The overall response results of the posting


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The breakdown of responses that AGREED with the article

(54% of respondents agreed that headhunters would not advertise a job on a linked in discussion board). The majority of respondents who agreed with the post were NOT recruiters

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The breakdown of responses that DISAGREED with the article.

Over 70% of individuals who disagreed with the posting were recruiters.

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Some interesting quotes in response to the article

For

“As a sales professional I so agree with you!”

“Nice job shaking the tree”

“good write up. I agree with your assertions”

Against

“Interesting insight into a narrow minded approach”

“Are you serious? Go away!”

“I say if it’s there to use, use it”

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