Hays, the world’s leading recruiting experts in qualified, professional and skilled people, announces today that it has reached two million followers on LinkedIn.
Hays is the first company within its industry globally to reach two million followers on its company page and is the 26th most followed company on LinkedIn worldwide. Millions regularly read the content that Hays publishes on the LinkedIn platform, designed to help professionals worldwide best manage their careers.
Hays has had a leading presence on the social networking site since 2012 and the Company was recently awarded the ‘Best Company Page’ by LinkedIn in July 2017. Alistair Cox, Hays CEO, has been a LinkedIn Influencer since 2012 and was recently named among the top ten Influencers in the UK, alongside Richard Branson and Unilever CEO, Paul Polman.
Hays actively manages a number of professional groups across various industry sectors, including accountancy and finance, professional services, technology, and oil and gas. With a total of 127 managed groups with over 280,000 members, the forums offer industry insights, expert advice to job seekers and job opportunities.
Alistair Cox, Hays CEO, commented, “Reaching 2 million followers on LinkedIn is a milestone we are extremely proud of at Hays. In order to find our clients the very best talent, we constantly seek to build the largest network of skilled professionals possible, especially in a world that is more connected than ever before. Alongside the technological developments we see in everyday lives, the world of recruitment is also evolving faster than seen previously, which means the ways in which we access talent continues to change. LinkedIn is one of the many important platforms that has enabled us to adapt to this changing environment, by providing skilled professionals with content to help them succeed in their careers, which in turn allows our recruiting experts to engage and build lasting and trusted relationships with candidates”.
Jon Addison, Head of Talent Solutions at LinkedIn UK, commented: “We’re delighted to see Hays reaching such a huge milestone of the 2m follower mark on LinkedIn. Along with the wider search and staffing industry, Hays plays a key role in helping us connect talent with the right opportunity through LinkedIn”.
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Contact name:Jon Beasley
Contact job title:Senior Group Communications Executive
Contact email address: [email protected]
Contact telephone number: 020 7383 2266
About Hays
Hays plc (the "Group") is a leading global professional recruiting group. The Group is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The Group operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments. As at 30 June 2017 the Group employed 10,000 staff operating from 250 offices in 33 countries across 20 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2017:
– the Group reported net fees of £954.6 million and operating profit (pre-exceptional items) of £211.5 million;
– the Group placed around 70,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 240,000 people into temporary assignments;
– 24% of Group net fees were generated in Asia Pacific, 49% in Continental Europe & RoW (CERoW) and 27% in the United Kingdom & Ireland;
– the temporary placement business represented 59% of net fees and the permanent placement business represented 41% of net fees;
– Hays operates in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA
– Hays operates in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA