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The Skinny On Social Networks And Media Jobs

Media professionals break down the process and value of finding career opportunities via social networking sites

By Daniel Lindley – April 13, 2009
A year or so ago, working for a boring email newsletter where I had a beat covering the "recruitment vertical" (a dressed-up way of saying help-wanted ads), I learned about LinkedIn and its supposedly amazing powers as a job magnet. There's been a lot of buzz lately about the recruitment potential of social sites ...
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