With the explosion of the technology age, more people have become dependent on finding information online. This even includes finding job online. As a job seeker in the midst of this economic depression, it is quite understandable to go to extremes just to get employed. To add to your prospective lists of job networking sites, here are the top most promising social networking sites of 2010 for job seekers
Hi5 – a social networking site for establishing up your network. This has huge potential of being one of the best networking sites to build up your network and broaden your job hunt. It has millions of registered members from more than 200 countries. You can create your professional profile at no cost at all.
Jigsaw – a great place to find marketers, recruiters and sales people. It is a business contact marketplace that permits people to buy, sell and trade information. It offers members fresh and accurate collective information, making it a great site to find prospective employers.
Imantri – for those seeking mentoring and coaching, this is the best place to land. It is a peer-to-peer online community that helps networking between coaches and mentees. It offers framework and tools to heighten training relationships. The site is perfect for job seekers as it offers a mentor matching engine.
Friendster – an online community that attracts different kinds of people all over the world. It fosters connection through networking of friends for variety of reasons. Through this site, you can enlarge your network globally hence your job search is also at global level. It enables you to form your own personal and private community for the intent of strengthening the connection within your network.
NetParty – one of the sites included in Forbes Best of the Web site. It serves as an entry point for interaction and offline meetings carried out in different US cities. It aims professionals between 20 and 40 years old. Typically, the parties or events are held at classy clubs to mix pleasure in business networking.
Networking for Professionals – a site intended for professional online networking. Professionals from various occupations can form and enhance their network to improve their business, client base and/or advance their career. It has privacy control however it has membership fees every month after the first month of use.
MediaBistro – a networking site that is committed to provide opportunities for running across new people and sharing resources to each other. It is great site to become well educated for the ongoing job opportunities in the content/creative industry. It can help improve your career skills and exhibit your work.
Meetup – a social networking site for meeting up with new people that have the same interest as you. It aids members to self-organize globally and gather through different groups and meetings. The members in this site normally meet up at different cities in local coffee shops, restaurants and even in bookshops.
Ryze – the site allows members to network and post messages to each other. It imparts its members the opportunity to establish their network based on their industry, location or interest. The site reaches to more than 200 countries all throughout the world. It has more than 200 organizations to help its members grow their network or organization exponentially.
Tribe.net – an online service where people can help each other get a job. It enables members to connect and interact with people under the same interest areas. The site permits you to ask for friend’s recommendation, advice and opinion.
The Virtual Handshake – a primary resource for learning how to establish relationship online. This is a great site for job searchers and freelancers to find job and clients, respectively. The site includes networking tools and online networking resources that are advantageous to job seekers.
Ziggs – the site offers a search program for checking people in online business. It gathers professionals by offering up to date businessmen profiles. The site permits you to search through more than 2.6 million profiles and more than 66,000 companies. It also allows you to make your professional profile online.
Landon Long is the founder of InterviewMastermind.com. You can download his FREE 'Resume Rebel' Video Course to learn how to write a resume and stand out in a slow economy.
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