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Brian Ward lost his job on a Friday afternoon. Eleven days later he had a new one. With nearly 1 in 10 people out of work and the typical job search lasting 12 weeks, how did the Cleveland-based software architect pull it off? In a phrase: online social networking...
...Gone are the days of simply posting your résumé on CareerBuilder, e-mailing former colleagues and trolling company websites for open slots. These days, if you're serious about being hired, you really put your computer and PDA to work. That means getting word out on social sites like Facebook and MySpace, sending instant job-search updates via messaging feeds like Twitter, and meeting new people who might be able to lend a hand through Web-networking outfits like LinkedIn and Ryze. (See 10 ways Twitter will change American business...
...firms a consistent 12% of new hires; the rest come from recruiters, company websites, etc.) The difference today is that a lot more of those recommendations start with connections made through online networks. A recent report by market researcher Nielsen found that people now spend more time using social networking sites than they do personal e-mail. (Read "Your Facebook Relationship Status: It's Complicated...
That doesn't mean the classic strategies have all been tossed out the window. Persistence, self-branding, professional presentation - the things a career coach would have steered you toward two decades ago - are still necessary. Social networks alone won't get you a new gig. But as Brian Ward's 11-day job search makes clear, they can go a long way to help. Here...
...Using social-networking sites to look for work - in addition to traditional job banks like Monster and Dice - helped with that emotional part of the job search. Twitter didn't provide many leads, but Ward did come across a lot of other people looking for work. "It turned into a big support network," he says. While he was looking for a job, Ward wasn't able to sleep more than a few hours a night. The first thing he'd do when he got up at 4 or 5 in the morning was send out a tweet. (See the best...