Did you know that recruiting, sourcing, and HR professionals account for 5% of all U.S. LinkedIn Profiles?

While 5% may seem like a small number, it is a disproportionately large representation of the profession – it literally means that 1 out of every 20 LinkedIn profiles in the US is a recruiting, sourcing, or HR professional.

What’s the significance of this? Why should you care? I’ll get to that shortly, but first I’d like to show you how I came up with the 1 in 20 figure. Continue reading →