The Industries That Rely Most on LinkedIn Connections forHiring

How much do LinkedIn connections help in getting hired at a company? It depends a lot on theindustry, according to a recent report from LinkedIn.

The report was based on LinkedIn data from October 2014; the researchers looked at people whoposted that they had been hired for a new job in the month, then analyzed their connection historyup to that point to determine whether they were linked with someone at their new company at leastsix months prior to starting the position.

In other words, the analysis looked at which industries tend to hire people who are already part oftheir employees' LinkedIn networks.

Some 16% of all hires, on average, are already connected to someone at their new company onLinkedIn prior to joining, the analysis found.

Computer gaming has the largest percentage (28.3%) of hires who are already connected tosomeone at their new company before they come on board; computer/network security is second(27.8%), followed by venture capital (27.3%), political organizations (26.2%), and wirelesscompanies (24.9%).

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Cosmetics is the industry that hires least from employee networks (only 10.8% of new hires are

already connected to someone on LinkedIn in the organization), followed by textiles (10.2%),glass/ceramics/concrete (10.1%), food production (9.8%), and retail (9.7%).

About the research: The report was based on LinkedIn data from October 2014.

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Ayaz Nanji is an independent digital strategist and the co-founder of Inbound ContentWorks, amarketing agency that specializes in content creation for businesses and brands. He is also aresearch writer for MarketingProfs. His past experience includes working for Google/YouTube, theTravel Channel, AOL, and the New York Times.

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