Gone are the days of printing a resume and snail mailing it to the company. Now, the unemployed can simply log on and apply for a job using anything from the usual email, to monster.com, and now through Facebook.
Yes, as I mentioned before, social networking has its uses and gaining employment is just one of them. Here are some tips we found on Secrets of the Job Hunt:
- Visit the Facebook Application sections and pick up some of the apps created by job boards to make your job search more efficient. Ones for Jobster, SimplyHired and TMP are pretty cool.
- Keep your Facebook profile updated, especially the Education and Work sections Seek out people from companies you admire and might want to work for.
- Don’t post unflattering photos of yourself. Self explanatory