Social networks & job seekers

Is it undeniably essential that a job seeker exploit social networks in their job quest in this technologically advance times? No. However, granted the economic climate of the world, specifically the USA, one might say that you should try everything conceivable to get your application abroad and expand your circle in order to reach all possible employers. It is not at all obligatory though that one use a social network to find a position, as though it be the answer to all their employment mistakes. It is as worthwhile and worthless as a job fair or sending your resume to all people you know. The only need? to enroll in social networking sites like LinkedIn, which sell themselves as the ‘in’ social networks for their individual niche market in social networking, may be to sidestep being left out by your friends for not being a part of it. But then you’re only succumbing to peer-pressure and not really answering the requirements of economic or job-market constraints.

Having said that, there are plenty of advantages to employing social networking sites in your employment hunt. To begin with, why wouldn’t you try to post your resume everywhere possible? Why wouldn’t you attend a job-fair if it meant improving your chances for a job even in the least? And why wouldn’t you circulate your resume to everyone you knew, in order to see who might be hiring? In the same way, why wouldn’t you join a social network and use it to air your resume and broadcast the fact that you are circle expands immensely by joining such networks, and the results speak for themselves as candidates continue to attribute their employment to domains specializing in business and job finding such as LinkedIn, Facebook and other Facebook clones. And besides, even the recruiters who still run standard websites that promote your resume are now using social network sites to couple employers to future employees who match their needs. If the professionals can see some utility in it, then you probably should be able to as well.