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Many of us belong to social networks, but most of us do not think of them in terms of business or work. There are a few social networks that focus on business and careers. LinkedIn is one of those sites (and the most popular by far). Business social network sites are geared towards anyone who wants to build connections across business and industry contacts, regardless of career or industry.
The benefits of business social networks have been well-proven. Business social network sites allow you to either reconnect or stay connected to current and past friends,
Social Networks for Job Search :
LinkedIn – According to Wikipedia, Linkedin is “a business- social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking“. This site is the “gold standard” for business and career social networking. There were more than 500 million registered users across well over 100 industries on Linkedin. The site allows users to link to colleagues from current and past employers, schools, and any other group that may be defined.
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Meettheboss – This site has not been around as long as I can tell and seems to be focused on Financial Services (a way to differentiate from other sites). One item I do not like is that it forces you to add your company website URL as part of the registration. Two issues with this. First, you may not want to advertise the company you work for, and second, what happens if your company is small and does not have a website (yes, there are still companies without websites!)? Unlike Linkedin, there does not seem to be a way to search for people you may know. The interface is nice, but the site looks thin on functionality. I will keep an eye on this site to see how it fairs, but I’m not sure I get it yet.
Facebook.com – This is not a typo. Facebook is also a great site to help with your
Twitter.com – Who would have thought that Twitter could be leveraged for
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