The popularity of LinkedIn has soared – the year over year growth is 200%, and the economy is the culprit. I’m seeing people on Twitter talking about their education, and looking for work, asking for leads. Facebook has seen growth as well, with people friending others, no matter how remote, in order to cash in on their social capital as a job strategy.
While the popularity of online social networking is transforming the nature of traditional business networking and the way people manage their careers, it also is heralding in change in the way that social networking work as well. It …read more

For anyone who is now or likely to be in the job market and therefore will need at some time to front up to an interview, the Interview Chatter blog is required reading and a must-link for a feed reader.
Like this blog, Interview Chatter is part of the b5media business channel. Its author, Darlene McDaniel, has a gift for explaining all those things that as a former job seeker I wished I had known and as a former executive and interviewer I wished I’d been able to communicate to sweaty-palmed or nonchalant or “just don’t get it” interviewees.
Darlene’s post a …read more