Using Facebook to find employees? You may find more than you expected.
A new study by iStrategyLabs reports that Facebook members over the age of 55 increased 513% from January to July of 2009. For folks age 35-54, the numbers went up 109%.
Incidentally, the same report shows a 20 percent drop in high school and college users in the same time period.
Experts expect similar changes in the Facebook population to continue.
What’s it mean to HR? Though it’s always been a decent place to recruit recent graduates, the site is rapidly become a resource recruiters can use to find new employees at all levels.
Study: Facebook population rapidly getting older
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