A new study has revealed that 3 out of every 4 (75 percent) of the U.S. workforce are actively looking for, or consider themselves open to, a new job, and 76 percent of those are now using social media in their hunt for employment.

Conducted in September, Jobvite’s Social Job Seeker 2012 survey polled more than 2,100 adults (aged 18+), and discovered that while Facebook remains the leading social tool amongst the American workforce, with its 83 percent adoption rate holding steady on 2011′s 82 percent, both Twitter (46 percent, up from 37 percent) and LinkedIn (41 percent, up from 32 percent) are very much on the rise.

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Is your online presence relevant to a real life job?

Yes: absolutely. In fact, it’s never been more important to ensure that your behaviour and attitude on all online portals is above-board and respectable, and this definitely includes social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

In a follow-up post to our article this morning, this infographic from Career Enlightenment asks and answers key questions about how social media is used for job searching and employment.

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