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Networking Professionally: Employee Perspective

January 12, 2009


• The findings covered in this presentation are from the perspective of a sample of U.S. employees. The SHRM Omnibus Employee Survey included a wide range of questions th t t d th i i t f l i t fthat centered on the viewpoint of employees on a variety of workplace issues. The data that follow are from a section of this survey that asked employees about how they network and if they used professional and social networking websites as one y p gof their networking sources.

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Through which methods/sources do you network professionally?

n=367


Note: Excludes 238 respondents (39%) who answered “N/A, I do not network professionally” and those who did not answer the question. Employees from privately owned for-profit organizations were more likely than those from nonprofit organizations, non-management employees were more likely than middle management employees, and those in the manufacturing, retail/wholesale trade and services (accommodation---food and drinking places) were more likely than those in educational services/education to report that they did not network professionally. Percentages do not total 100% due to multiple response options.

Through which methods/sources do you network professionally? (By Employee Level, Organization Staff Size, Organization Sector and Industry)

n=367

•Differences by employee level:y p y•Executive-level employees were more likely than nonmanagement employees to network through professional societies/trade associations and conferences/trade shows/conventions.•Nonmanagement employees were more likely than executive-level employees to network through online job search/career sitesto network through online job search/career sites.•Executive-level and middle-management employees were more likely than non=management employees to report networking through business meetings.•Middle-management employees were more likely than nonmanagementemployees to report networking through supervisors, managers or other higher-level professionals in a supervisory role.•Executive-level employees were more likely than middle-management or non=-management employees to report networking through clients.

•Differences by organization staff size:•Employees from large-staff-sized organizations were more likely than those fromEmployees from large staff sized organizations were more likely than those from small-staff-sized organizations to report networking through supervisors, managers or other higher-level professionals in a supervisory role.•Employees from small-staff-sized organizations were more likely than those from medium- or large-staff-sized organizations to report networking through li t


clients.

Through which methods/sources do you network professionally? (By Employee Level, Organization Staff Size, Organization Sector and Industry – continued)

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•Differences by organization sector:•Employees from publicly owned for profit companies were more likely than•Employees from publicly owned for-profit companies were more likely than those from government entities to report networking through online professional networking sites.•Employees from privately owned for-profit companies were more likely than those from nonprofit or government entities to report networking though clients.

•Differences by industry:•Employees from high-tech companies were more likely than those from educational services/education companies to report networking through online professional networking sites.•Employees from arts entertainment and recreation companies were more likelyEmployees from arts, entertainment and recreation companies were more likely than those from educational services/education or government/public administration entities to report networking through online social networking sites.•Employees from construction, mining, oil and gas companies were more likely th th f i ( f i l i tifi t h i l l l i i ) tthan those from services (professional, scientific, technical, legal, engineering) to report networking through clients.•Employees from associations (professional/trade) were more likely than those from educational services/education entities to report networking through other sources/methods.


Note: Only significant differences are presented.

Have you ever used online professional and/or social networking sites such as LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook, etc.…?

n=104


Note: Includes respondents who indicated networking professionally through online professional networking sites or online socialnetworking sites. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.

Have you ever used online professional and/or social networking sites such as LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook, etc., as a job search method (i.e., to help find a job)? (By Organization Sector )j ) ( y g )

n=104

•Differences by organization sector:•Employees from publicly owned for profit companies were more likely than•Employees from publicly owned for-profit companies were more likely than those from privately owned for-profit companies to report having used online professional and/or social networking sites as a job search method.

Note: Only significant differences are presented.



Methodology

• Sample comprised of 605 full-time or part-time employed U.S. residents randomly selected by an outside survey researchselected by an outside survey research organization’s web-enabled employee panel, which was based on a random sample of the entire U.S. telephone population.

• Survey fielded for a two-week period, ending January 12 2009January 12, 2009.


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