Social Recruiting Adoption Reaches All-Time High Social recruiting has moved from a trend, to a necessity with 92% of employers using or planning to use social recruiting in 2012. No longer exclusive to LinkedIn, all social networks are now fair recruiting game. 2/3 of recruiters use Facebook to find new talent, a growing trend since Facebook saw the biggest gain in usage, jumping 11 points from last year to 66% in 2012. For the first time, more than half (54%) of recruiters now use Twitter for their talent search, revealing the importance of watching what you tweet. LinkedIn remains the dominant recruiting network, used by 93% of respondents. (87% in 2011 and 78% in 2010). 71% of HR and recruiting professionals consider themselves moderate to exceptional social recruiters. - recruiting.jobvite.com