LinkedIn Still Wins For Social Recruiting, But Facebook Is Tops For Referrals?

While Linkedin still leads for the social network that employers tap most when looking for a new hire, when talking about just referrals, Facebook barely edged out LinkedIn to take the lead.

According to the same Jobvite survey we reported on earlier this month, Facebook accounted for 43 percent of new hires generated by employee referrals. LinkedIn accounted for 41 percent, which in a survey of just 800 companies, could well be within the margin of error.

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