A new report compiled by InterExec has revealed that UK
headhunters think that online is the 2nd best place to network after
a marketing or industry event.
Whilst a 22% share of the respondents indicated that
headhunters believe that an industry event will still provide the best
opportunity to meet new people in business, a significant 18% share believed
that online activity was the best place to network. Members clubs ranked 3rd, followed closely by
Golf Courses.
In addition, the report revealed that, whilst 97% of UK
headhunters think senior executives should have a publicly-accesible profile on
LinkedIn, 86% think that senior executives should not have a Facebook profile.
The report, which was conducted by InterExec, the
Confidential Agent that represents senior executives seeking positions paying £150,000
to £1m+, surveyed a cross-section of the top senior executive headhunters
across the UK.
Kit Scott-Brown,
managing director of InterExec, commented: “The rapid rise in technology
and social media has meant that more and more senior executives are turning to
the Internet to network. Meeting
people online for business has become more popular than the annual business
Golf outing. However, there is an
interesting social division emerging between the different types of social
media available. Whilst to be a
member of LinkedIn is considered acceptable in professional and business
circles, some social media, such as Facebook and MySpace – which are
predominantly used by those under the age of 40 – are deemed inappropriate for
business networking.”
