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Facebook Statistics – remember these stats when job searching!

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Company Figuresfacebook 4
More than 350 million active users
50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
More than 35 million users update their status each day
More than 55 million status updates posted each day
More than 2.5 billion photos uploaded to the site each month
More than 3.5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each week
More than 3.5 million events created each month
More than 1.6 million active Pages on Facebook
More than 700,000 local businesses have active Pages on Facebook Pages have created more than 5.3 billion fans

Averages
Average User Figures Average user has 130 friends on the site
Average user sends 8 friend requests per month
Average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook
Average user clicks the Like button on 9 pieces of content each month
Average user writes 25 comments on Facebook content each month
Average user becomes a fan of 2 Pages each month
Average user is invited to 3 events per month
Average user is a member of 12 groups

http://www.careermentors.ie  Mairead Griffin, Career Coach & Outplacement Specialist

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15 Irish Companies Hit Top 100 in Europe List – Great Place to Work Europe

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

15 Irish companies were in the Top 100 companies to work for in Europe list.

  • O2 came top of the list of Irish companies.
  • Depuy in the TOP 100 in Europe
  • Microsoft Ireland – Best Place to Work 2008
  •  Best practices in creating a fun place to work – Google Ireland.
  • Best Practices for Work-Life Balance – Intel Ireland.
  • .Best Practices for Diversity Management – Abbott Laboratories Ireland
  • Best Practices for employee involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility to GE Commercial Aviation Services.

If you are job searching…..these companies are a good place to start!!