Top IT firms log on to social networking sites to hire middle & senior-level staff

BANGALORE: Nearly half of new middle- and senior-level staff at top tech firms — including Accenture, Cognizant, Mindtree, HP-Mphasis and Wipro — are going to be hired from social networking sites such as LinkedIn, company officials and experts tracking the sector said.

Tech firms are now realising that middle-to senior-level managers and leaders are best hunted from platforms such as LinkedIn, where professionals are not necessarily disgruntled job seekers.

For instance, Accenture, the world’s second-biggest technology consulting firm, plans to hire nearly 40% of its new staff over the next few years through social networking sites such as LinkedIn. And the consulting major is not the only tech employer riding this trend. In fact, software maker Oracle famously found its CFO Jeff Epstein through LinkedIn way back in 2008.

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