I recently saw on the website, Mashable, a list of one author’s top ten social networking sites for finding a job. His top 10 are:
1. LinkedIn
2. Plaxo
3. Twitter
4. Jobster
5. Facebook
6. Craigslist
7. My Workster
8. Visual CV
9. Jobfox
10. Ecademy
My two favorites on the list are Craigslist (always interesting job postings on there) and LinkedIn (a great way to follow up with people you’ve recently met with a quick note and an invitation to Link-In).
For those of you who have been searching for a job for a while, I recently received a hopeful e-mail from a friend who wrote about her experience finding a job (after several months of searching):
“I found the job via a posting on the internet. I sent off my resume thinking I would never get called. But the recruiter called and was a very nice man. I’ve been here since September.”
You never know when that e-mail you send will be the one that lands you a job … It pays to keep going!
Great info! I always love hearing stories of people who get jobs from Craigslist and other sources.
As a follow up to this, I just spoke to a friend last night who was given a Project Management position in book publishing that she learned of from Craigslist. She said she applied and the HR person called her within an hour. Three interviews later and she has the job!