A 20 slides in 6 minutes presentation given by John Mowbray at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Computing PhD Conference, May 2016.
The presentation details progress so far with John's PhD study
Social media marketing/Seo expert and digital marketing
The role of networking and social media tools during job search: an information behaviour perspective
1. The role of networking and social media
tools during job search: an information
behaviour perspective
by John Mowbray
(@jmowb_napier)
Supervisors:
Prof Hazel Hall
Prof Robert Raeside
Dr Pete Robertson
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3. What role do social media tools play?
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• 43% of jobseekers
use social media
every day
• 17% of jobseekers
have received a job
offer through social
media
(Adecco Group, 2014)
4. 1) What are the key offline networking
behaviours employed by the Scottish
youth labour force during the job search
process?
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15. Method
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• QUAL > QUAN > QUAL
• Scoping interviews w/ young jobseekers & careers
professionals
• Survey of young jobseekers
• School leavers
• Business graduates
• Users of careers services
• Follow up interviews with young jobseekers
• Focus groups with careers professionals
16. Scoping interview: early analysis
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• Strong network ties (e.g. family) have big impact for younger
jobseekers
• The jobseeker’s context has a big impact on their networking
behaviours
17. Scoping interview: early analysis
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•Facebook is used most predominantly, with few other tools
mentioned
•Social media tools particularly facilitate passive job information
acquisition
18. Scoping interviews: impact on survey
design
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• Focus on context of information need, e.g.:
• Motivation of jobseekers
• Environment of jobseeker
• Usefulness of family contacts
• Focus on specific networking behaviours offline and on
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn