Linkedin has a lot of people with profiles. Quantcast reports âLinkedin has 21.4 million monthly unique U.S. visitors and 47.6 million globally.â However, that doesnât mean they are all taking advantage of the site. Dynamic Business reported, âAccording to the 2010 LinkedIn Career Trends Research, a staggering 60 percent of professionals surveyed on LinkedIn do not use social media channels when it comes to advancing their careers â despite 87 percent believing an online profile will help their professional identity and career progression. This mirrors results for business adoption of social media, with only 28 percent of small businesses surveyed using social media despite a similar number believing it would help their business.â
That may be changing. The day of looking for a job in the classified section has gone. Millennials are moving away from newspaper ads. SMH reported results from I Love Rewards and Experience Inc. that showed, â28 per cent say they will use LinkedIn to find a job, compared with 7 percent the previous year. Newspaper ads are moving in the opposite direction with 28 per cent saying they would turn to newspapers, compared with 34 per cent for the previous year.â
Millennials have been shown to have unique expectations in the working world. Mashable reported more information from this study showed, âMillenials about to hit the workforce donât care what size company they work for and that 64% of them plan to stay at their new job for two to five years. Another 24.1% say they plan to stay with their employer for more than 10 years. However, the average tenure for millennials is actually 1.5 years, according to the Department of Labor.â