The survey, Your Story @work, was conducted by a popular career-oriented platform LinkedIn, with a census of 11,228 adults in employment between May 6 to May 19 this year in Canada, US, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Britain, Ireland, India, Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sweden, Mexico, France, Singapore, China and Japan.
The result shows that the confidence level among Indians is 55 per cent as compared to professionals globally which is 35 per cent. Conducted in 19 markets globally, the survey highlights the importance of sharing professional achievements and having a great online professional profile in an era where social recruiting is on the rise, read a statement.
In the area of recruitment, more than nine out of 10 (92 per cent) recruitment decision makers cited “clear communication of achievements” as one of the most important aspects they look for in candidates. The confidence level among Indians turned out to be higher than professionals in Singapore (31 per cent) and Australia (32 per cent), and also the global average of 35 (per cent).
In fact, 76 per cent of them consider social professional networks as the best platform to express their professional successes.