MSC Discussion results following the Linked in debate “Real Headhunters would never advertise a job on a linked in discussion board”

This article was posted as a discussion on Linkedin on Tuesday 24th February across 12 groups. Over 200 individuals responded, providing the statistics for the data below.

The overall response results of the posting

The breakdown of responses that AGREED with the article

(54{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} of respondents agreed that headhunters would not advertise a job on a linked in discussion board). The majority of respondents who agreed with the post were NOT recruiters

The breakdown of responses that DISAGREED with the article.

Over 70{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} of individuals who disagreed with the posting were recruiters.

Some interesting quotes in response to the article

For

“As a sales professional I so agree with you!”

“Nice job shaking the tree”

“good write up. I agree with your assertions”

Against

“Interesting insight into a narrow minded approach”

“Are you serious? Go away!”

“I say if it’s there to use, use it”