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Thursday, May 08, 2008 --- 77 days ago http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/05/will-facebook-for-work.html
| Status: Looking for Work on Facebook By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM Published: May 1, 2008 [ snip] With American consumer confidence at a 26-year low and one in seven workers telling the Pew Research Center that they fear they will be laid off, social-networking sites are becoming, for some users, platforms from which to network for job leads, to forge professional contacts or even to announce to friends that you are out of work. Landing a job through a social network not designed for that purpose appears to be a rarity. But savvy users say the sites can be effective tools for promoting one’s job skills and all-around business networking. Even human resource professionals are encouraging people to log on. In a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers published in March, employers indicated that whereas in the past they used social-networking sites “to check profiles of potential hires,” said Marilyn Mackes, the group’s executive director, today “more than half will use the sites to network with potential candidates.” CareerBuilder.com , the job search site, officially introduced a Facebook application last month that enables companies to find candidates. It joins other job-oriented Facebook applications, including one by Jobster that has more than 26,000 members . [snip] Steve Biegel, the creative director of Scarlet Heifer, a small Manhattan advertis ... |
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