Indians rely on social media for job change

KOLKATA: Indians are increasingly depending on social media for job change. The latest findings of Ma Foi Randstad Workmonitor 2011 - Wave 1 reveal that 82% of Indian employees are confident in using social media in order to find a relevant job.

Statistically, 90% of Indians have individual accounts on facebook, twitter, etc of which 81% use it for professional purposes. Employees with higher income brackets are the largest users of social media websites.

"Social media has become a potent tool for both employers and employees and as a low cost - high return option, recruiting through Social Media will soon become a key differentiator in the current global recruitment market." says E Balaji, MD & CEO of Ma Foi Randstad.

Cities like Mumbai and Delhi has an alarming rate of 85% and 83% employees respectively, who are confident in using social networking sites in order to find a job.

The survey also says that employees of Bangalore and Mumbai are given maximum access to websites by employers at 97% and 96% respectively.

Though globally the social media activity is pretty low, the Indian workforce is much more active using social media, with 79% of the workforce who have updated their social medial profiles in the last month itself.

The survey also shows, outside Europe, the most satisfied employees can be found in India (77%), Canada (77%) and Mexico (75%).