The exact percentage varies depending on the source, survey after survey shows that the vast majority of newly employed individuals found their new
job via word of mouth and networking.
Not exact matches
At my current
job, for instance, we've built a solid (35,000 +) following on Facebook,
via both advertising and
word -
of -
mouth, and we're constantly experimenting with ways to connect with our fans and help them up to the next step on the ladder
of engagement.
This also forces
jobs to go underground — if advertising them publicly subjects them to regulation, then the good
jobs will be filled
via «
word -
of -
mouth.»
In fact, most people still find a new
job by
word -
of -
mouth and
via people they know.
Many
job openings are never even advertised publicly, only spread
via word of mouth, and professional networking has never been more valuable.
The «real» professionals who operate within the sphere
of real estate do not even think about their wallets; they think only about doing the best
jobs possible for their clients, said clients being those who have chosen their real estate representative not
via expensive, glossy «IMAGE» laden marketing techniques, but by «
word -
of -
mouth»,
via non-internet, real time, real person testimonials, bereft
of professionally concocted internet IMAGE presences designed to project something that may in fact not be the truth about said «behind - the - images» wanna - be pros.