Hays, the world’s leading recruiting experts in qualified, professional and skilled people, announces today that it has reached three million followers on LinkedIn.

Hays is the first company within its industry globally to reach three million followers of its Company Page and is one of the most followed companies on LinkedIn worldwide. Drawing from its expertise, Hays helps professionals worldwide to manage their careers by producing helpful and insightful content at scale, with millions regularly viewing the blogs, articles, podcasts and reports that Hays shares on the LinkedIn platform.

Hays has had a leading presence on the social networking site since 2012 and the Company was awarded the ‘Best Company Page’ by LinkedIn in July 2018 - for the second year running. Alistair Cox, Hays CEO, has been a LinkedIn Influencer since 2012 and regularly shares insights and advice relating to the world of work. Alistair has been named amongst the UK Top Voices for two years running, a list of LinkedIn members whose content is driving engaging conversations in their industries.

Hays actively manages a number of professional groups across various industry sectors, including accountancy and finance, professional services, technology, and oil and gas. With a total of 134 managed groups with close to 300,000 members, the forums offer industry insights, expert advice to job seekers and job opportunities.

Alistair Cox, Hays CEO: “We are extremely proud to reach 3 million followers on LinkedIn. For the last seven years, our experts from around the world have been committed to sharing quality, engaging content with our followers every single day, content that helps them progress their careers and build their teams. I believe reaching this milestone is a testament to this hard work.

“LinkedIn was the first of many key partnerships we created at Hays and since 2012 we have supported millions of jobseekers’ careers, helping them to achieve their professional aspirations and ultimately to flourish and succeed. We are extremely grateful to everyone who has made our presence on the networking site a success story and we hope they continue to find our insights into the world of work both useful and insightful.”

Jon Addison, Head of Talent Solutions at LinkedIn UK: “We’re delighted to see Hays reaching the significant milestone mark of 3 million followers on LinkedIn. Hays has played a crucial role in empowering many professionals on LinkedIn to reach their full potential and find the right opportunity through their valuable career advice, content and insights on the world of work.”

Last updated on June 25th, 2019