75 Percent of Employees Access Social Media From Personal Mobile Devices at Work According to Research From SilkRoad
More Than 49 Percent of People Are Looking to Connect With Co-Workers Through Social Media
(firmenpresse) - CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 10/03/12 -- New research from reveals that even in organizations that don't restrict access, the vast majority of employees use their mobile devices to check social media websites on a daily basis. Released today, SilkRoad's "Social Media and Workplace 2012 Report" surveyed more than 1,100 employees in North America to understand how people are using social media at work to communicate and collaborate with co-workers, customers, partners and acquaintances. A copy of the full report can be found .
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"Employees will use social media during the workday. These findings make it clear: companies can either find ways to use social media to achieve measureable business results, or they can ignore it at their own peril," said Flip Filipowski, CEO, SilkRoad Technology. "There is a common misperception that people only use social media for personal reasons. This research proves that people are looking to social media to help them be better at their jobs -- including connecting with co-workers and customers."
The survey revealed attitudes and common practices from all three generations currently in the workforce, including Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials. Notable findings include:
43 percent of respondents reported working in organizations in which social media access was completely open, 24 percent monitored access and only 16 percent said access to social media was completely blocked.
Despite the media and political buzz around the topic, 97 percent of respondents said that their employer or potential employer had not yet asked employees for social media passwords.
60 percent of respondents said they check personal social media more than once a day on their mobile devices; three out of four workers check once a day or more.
49 percent of respondents said that connecting with co-workers was the top reason to use social media while at work. The second and third most popular reasons were connecting with others on a fun social platform (47 percent) followed by connecting with customers (44 percent).
70 percent of respondents use Twitter, 65 percent use Facebook while only 19 percent use corporate intranets.
Only 23 percent of respondents reported having a specific social media policy from their employers and the same percentage reported having no policy at all. 17 percent of respondents said their employers had issued informal guidelines and less than 10 percent of employers are offering social media training to employees.
Of the people who say they use social media to connect with customers, 26 percent are in marketing. Surprisingly, customer support and product management reported infrequent use of social media to contact customers (3.1 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively).
The Social Media and Workplace 2012 Report was conducted from July-August 2012 through an online survey amongst a sample of 1,105 employees of corporations and not-for-profit organizations across the United States. Of the respondents, 33 percent came from organizations having more than 1,000 employees, 44 percent were from Generation X, 44 percent were Millennials and 12 percent were Baby Boomers.
SilkRoad is a leading global provider of cloud-based social talent management software. Their passion for creating the finest employee experience drives everything they do. The award-winning SilkRoad Life Suite is an integrated set of employer-branded TM/HCM solutions that power businesses with the latest Web 2.0 and social media innovations: OpenHire for recruiting, RedCarpet for onboarding and life events, WingSpan for performance management, GreenLight for learning management, Point and Eprise for Social Collaboration and Content, and HeartBeat for trusted HRMS. The Life Suite is ideally suited for businesses of every size because of its unique and open "start anywhere" architecture -- implement the complete suite or begin with one solution and add functionality as you need it. Either way, it's the fastest path to develop more productive and empowered employees who can rapidly boost business performance. Visit , follow them on Twitter or call 866-329-3363 (U.S. toll free) or +1-336-201-5100.
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