LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Out of more than 60,000 global organizations, international talent acquisition and advisory company GQR has claimed No. 1 on LinkedIn’s Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies 2017 for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This is GQR’s second consecutive year on the list, which commends the extensive outreach methodologies of LinkedIn’s top 25 companies.
The list, announced Oct. 19, recognizes outstanding social recruiting strategies of companies by examining their content marketing, social reach and engagement, and social recruiting practices used through LinkedIn from September 2016through August 2017.
“Following our recent Inc. 500 ranking which identifies the outstanding growth of privately-owned companies, this award further demonstrates GQR’s pledge to staying on the leading edge of talent acquisition,” GQR co-founder and chairman Hugo Sugden said. “LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional networking site, and leveraging it as a powerful engagement tool has tremendously impacted the growth of our business. We can’t thank LinkedIn enough for honoring us with this recognition once more.”
With a follower base of more than 83,000 people, GQR strategically uses its LinkedIn profile to augment talent acquisition methodologies for its partners and clients through engaging content and increased investment in employee profiles.
GQR placed on the Most Socially Engaged Medium Enterprise List with an employee size between 15-499. Other notable companies that made this list were Charlton Morris (#2), McGregor Boyall (#3) and Mackenzie Stuart (#4).
“This recognition belongs to our people,” GQR co-founder and CEO Steven Talbot said. “We are very fortunate to be comprised of a group of highly-engaged people who live and breathe what they do and are absolutely committed to delivering maximum value to our clients, candidates and community.”
