Heads up, LinkedIn users: 93% of recruiters are looking at you

The professional network leads the list as the top social media site scoured by professional recruiters to track down job applicants.

LinkedIn users hunting for a job may want to spruce up their profiles.

A recent survey from Jobvite found that 93 percent of job recruiters tap into LinkedIn to find qualified candidates, up from 87 percent last year and 78 percent in 2010. But the other popular social networks are growing in influence as well.

In second place, Facebook is used by 66 percent of the recruiters polled, up from 55 percent last year. And Twitter is on the watch list among 54 percent of those surveyed, up from 47 percent last year.

Read the full blog article on cnet.com by Lance Whitney by clicking here.