Week 5 EOC: Social Networks and Job Hunting

More companies are trying to tap Facebook Inc.'s 750-million-plus user base to find new employees, threatening traditional job boards and competing with LinkedIn Corp., which has dominated the online professional networking arena. With this being said, Facebook has impacted everyone, just yesterday Facebook stocks grew and its going to continue to grow in the next few years. Facebook isn't going anywhere, and it's pretty smart if companies want to do hiring through a Facebook platform. Other sites are helpful in finding information and attaching resumes but people are connecting through social medie these days as well as seeing promotions on Facebook.  Others note that while LinkedIn contains a more comprehensive résumé database,candidates tend to value referrals from their connections on Facebook more. Facebook is letting people connect with celebrities, managers, and all type of people that can provide opportunities, just by liking a company's Facebook page, you now have access to this companies post rather then being connected by logging onto their website. "While I wish every company used Monster, social is a solution that many people are using," he said.