I have written previously about how you can effectively use LinkedIn to find a job. In fact, I went so far as to integrate a LinkedIn widget into the Social Media Jobs job board so that when you are looking at a particular role, you can see immediately who you know who works there.
This post from the ComScore folks shows just how much attention LinkedIn is receiving from those looking for work.
By cross-pollinating use pattern data, Andrew Lipsman was able to show that LinkedIn visitors were significantly more focused on job hunting than the general internet user. This means that LinkedIn users are actively employing platforms such as LinkedIn to activate and enrich their social and professional networks as a means to find work. Five years ago this wouldn’t have happened. Three years ago it would have been for “early adopters”. This year – perhaps being driven by the global financial crisis, people are turning to any and all tools that help us build and maintain people powered networks.
By the way, don’t forget to check out the latest job listings! Happy hunting.
on Oct 10th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
hi… that’s really a great post in that article a lesson for the freshers who are still straggling to find right job for them, and who are student, graduate but not able to find right job but how there will handle their job and career in the future.