Comments on: Rapid Growth in Social Networking Sites Means New Job Acquisition Avenues

By: sandramartin

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By: Lorna Li

Lorna Li — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:20:36 +0000

Hi,

Great article – like the stats. I recently wrote a blog post about VC funding and Jobsearch 2.0. It includes a personal review of Web 1.0 job sites and tips on getting the most out of your LinkedIn profile.

http://bub.blicio.us/?p=92

The Web 1.0 jobsearch sites are on their way out, as these job boards simply replicate the old practice of viewing a job announcement in the paper and snail mailing in your resume, but electronically. HR recruiters are still inundated with hundreds of applications and finding the right candiate is still like finding a needle in a haystack.

Unsurprisingly most jobs are filled entirely through personal and professional networks. Career networking sites that can recreate these relationships online much more value than any Monster, Careerbuilder, and HotJobs – though these are still great sites for jobseeking resources.

Different from many social networks like MySpace, Tribe, Friendster, LinkedIn has done a great job in creating a high level of trust between the users. The probability that the profile in question represents that person is very high, because it is a professional network, users are careful about who link with. LinkedIn’s introduction system demands a level of scrutiny – most users will only facilitate intros between people they know and trust.

Professional social networking sites are on the rise – in membership and in funding. It’ll be interesting to see which ones survive.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:05:41 +0000

I was not familiar with LinkedIn, but I will give it a look now…

By: David Saunders

David Saunders — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:44:31 +0000

Linked In works for me and I’m a “Mom and Pop” Internet marketing, Web Design and SEO business (by choice.

I’d like to hear any comments on eCademy ……

I’m a Brit living in the US and a “business trip” is always nice

By: Lynda

Lynda — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:11:03 +0000

Increasingly, the job-related social networking sites are behaving more like databases than real social networks where people know and trust each other. When a social networking site doesn’t distinguish between who you know and who you don’t, it doesn’t offer any advantage over the traditional job sites.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:48:56 +0000

Great post Joe!

By: Cher

Cher — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:42:40 +0000

Hey Joe, Excellent observations. I 100% agree that social networking sites are going to evolve into more than just ‘social’ sites. And you are right, Linked in has already started that ball rolling.

As for the mobile search, we’ve got a long way to go, but am looking forward to the day I can electronically send my profile along instead of having to carry all these damn business cards!

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:59:51 +0000

good post Joe. I wasn’t that familiar with LinkedIn but that sounds promising..

By: Adam Maywald

Adam Maywald — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:58:10 +0000

As with any website on the net, having a social atmosphere brings that “stickiness” term that’s been thrown around for years. Monster, and others like it, have a place in the job hunting market, but I do agree that as more and more younger kids mature, they’ll find places like LinkedIn and Myspace a much easier avenue to find a job, especially since they’re familiar with how to use its feature rich abilities.

Good article Joe.

By: Boris Mordkovich

Boris Mordkovich — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:59:41 +0000

Joe,

Excellent post.

I recall speaking with a few SEO professionals who say that they get contacted by headhunters on LinkedIn on a regular basis. So it is definitely being utilized for that purpose.

Boris