Based on surveys conducted in July and August 2012, GovLoop learned about the professional networking and collaboration activities of public sector professionals on social networks like LinkedIn and GovLoop. To learn more, please visit http://www.govloop.com

3. A recent Market
Connections Report*
revealed that
government use of
almost
doubled in the last
year (from 18% to 35%). 18% 35%
2010 2011
*Click here to see the report

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5. While we know that
government employees are
using and ,
we wanted to learn more about
how they are using them.

6. We conducted surveys in July
and August 2012 to learn more
about the value of ’
and to government
employees.

7. 242 529
respondents respondents
15 17
questions questions

8. 1. Networking: how the sites are used
to connect with colleagues
2. Accessing: frequency of use
3. Collaborating: group participation
and frequency of posting

9. 4. Seeking: the usefulness of
and for finding and
landing jobs.
5. Improving: how and
solve career problems.

10. Top 5 Current Uses of :
• Connect with known colleagues (74%)
• Find new professional connections (62%)
• Read job-related content (46%)
• Use profile as an online resume (36%)
• Learn about areas of expertise (35%)

11. Top 5 Current Uses of :
• Read, post, or comment on blogs (55%)
• Learn how-to advice and tactics (48%)
• Get the latest government news (49%)
• Find case studies and examples(37%)
• Connect with colleagues (30%)

12. What members are saying:
“I find that GovLoop has been “I read the newsletter
invaluable, and find myself every day, and most days
opening a half-dozen or more at least read one of the
links per week from your daily featured articles, because
e-mails to gain insight into I like to continue learning,
what others are seeing.” even on topics not directly
related to me.”
“I truly respect and
enjoy the information
and networking that
your team provides.”

13. How often do you visit ?
Other (6%)
Daily (33%)
Monthly (7%)
Weekly (54%)

14. How often do you visit ?
Daily (28%)
Other (16%)
Monthly (12%) Weekly (44%)

15. Did you notice that
80%
Only onceof while
in a respondents
(16.1%)
Daily-­several times a day (7.3%)
area visiting social networks%)a day
Monthly
Once month (3.3%)
Daily-­ once
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like
Monthly
several times a month (8.4%) and
at least weekly?
Weekly-­
once per week (15.1%)
Weekly-­several times a week
(29.1 %)

16. How frequently do you visit groups?
Daily (10%)
Less than
Monthly (33%)
Weekly (35%)
Monthly (22%)

17. Top 4 Reasons to Post in Groups:
1. Gauge the buzz around an issue (45.9%)
2. Ask job-related questions (36.4%)
3. Post/promote content or events (35.5%)
4. Establish self as a thought leader (22.7%)

18. blogs Recently, Facebook stripped our administrator
and forums are rights from the City of Ankeny's Facebook page.
With it, our custom URL was also removed. We
the top way for can no longer access our Insight's page and we
cannot post as the City of Ankeny on other Facebook
government pages.
leaders to get Facebook says that we cannot identify
ourselves as the City of Ankeny because it is
real-time answers their policy that users may not manage pages about
towns, cities or states. Use of "City of" in our name is
and solve too generic.
challenges. Has anyone else run into this problem with
Facebook?
37 comments è Facebook responds

19. has shared insight from
government leaders and industry
professionals to produce 21Guides on:
• Digital Government
• Government Communications
• Social Media for the Public Sector
• Project Management and Leadership
• Advanced Degrees

20. 11 federal,
Roundtable
state and local
panel with 4
135 online interviewees
federal and
survey private sector
respondents leaders

21. Do you look for jobs?
50% have searched for a job on , but
only 2.5% were successful.
52% of respondents said they would NOT hire
someone based on LinkedIn interactions.

22. When asked for their favorite feature on
, 1 in 4 said “Career Resources”
Jobs.GovLoop.com

23. Jobs. .com integrates:
• LinkedIn, Glassdoor and “Best Places to
Work” data
• Mashup with Google Maps to show job
locations
• A weekly newsletter with exceptional,
hand-picked federal jobs

24. People want
to combine
community
and job search
activities.

25. 4 Ways Respondents Said _
Improves Job Performance
1. Learn about issues and new information
2. Ask questions of other experts
3. Make connections to government peers
4. Screen job candidates before hiring

26. ’s online community, skill-building events,
and resources help people do their jobs better
“GovLoop is awesome – I use stuff
from it every day and just love all
“I find so much of the great resources!”
your information
great not only in
work – but in my
volunteer I attended last week's
“Govloop is one of the GovLoop event and would
endeavors – I look
forward to your e- first things I check out love to remain connected.
mails each.” every day. I have I got some great ideas on
encouraging my agency to
gotten great leads and
embrace social media and
direction on a number analytic tools.
of projects from
reading the site.”

27. hosts in-person and online events
to expand our members’ knowledge.
In 2012: 10,000 participants attended
GovLoop’s online learning events.

28. • is used more to stay connected
with colleagues than to search for jobs.
• and improve job
performance by facilitating question and
answer among government employees.
• is where government employees
collaboratively learn from each other and stay
current on government-related information.

29. We are the knowledge network for
government connecting more than
60,000 public sector professionals from
federal, state and local government, industry,
academia and non-profit organizations.
We help government employees
do their jobs better!

30. • Still have questions or concerns? We love
hearing from people interested in GovLoop
and encourage you to get in touch with us,
in person or online.
• For more information about this survey,
please contact Andrew Krzmarzick,
Director of Community Engagement
at Andrew@GovLoop.com.