Passive talent – not as passive as you think [INFOGRAPHIC]

Although 80% of working professionals could be described as “passive”, these figures courtesy of LinkedIn show otherwise:

  • 44% of all working professionals are explorers – not looking for a job but willing to discuss opportunities with recruiters
  • The number of ‘approachable’ candidates outnumbers ‘super passive’ – in some places such as Australia and the US by a factor of 2 to 1
  • 47% of professionals with less than one year on the job are explorers
  • Explorers outnumber ‘super passive’ – by a factor of 2 to 1
  • When reaching out to passive talent – reach out to your candidate of choice and get to know the candidate

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Laurence Hebberd

Laurence Hebberd is Community Manager for Link Humans in London. He also runs the Link Humans Twitter feed - @LinkHumans.

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