Facebook Your Way to a Job

In an article by Tech Crunch they discuss how 1 in 6 job seekers found their latest job on a social network. Being that I am on the search for a full-time job, I obviously had to read on! My first thought was that these jobs were mainly found via LinkedIn, being that it is a professional network and professionals post job openings on there, but I was surprisingly wrong.

Of the 22.1 million Americans who said an social network helped them find a job, 78% used Facebook, 42% attributed it to Twitter and 40% used LinkedIn. LinkedIn was the LEAST used which really shocked me because I've had some luck through LinkedIn.

One of Facebook's most recent change to the layout included making work history immediately visible under the "Info" section. You now see a person's education and professional history before you see what kind of music and movies they like. This change prompted many more people to keep their work info up-to-date. Monster.com also now provides way to distribute job openings through Facebook, along with a few other companies.

LinkedIn is quickly losing their spot as the "professional network" and changes will need to be made quickly if it hopes to survive during this Facebook era. Looks like I have an excuse now to spend even MORE time on Facebook, thanks Tech Crunch!