Job Seekers Throng to Social Networks

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