Is it completely crucial that an employment seeker utilize social networks in their job hunt in this day and age? No. However, granted the economic environment of the world, specifically the USA, one might say that you should attempt everything possible to get your application abroad and widen your circle in order to reach all possible employers. It is not at all obligatory though that one use a social network to find a position, as though it be the answer to all their employment mistakes. It is as worthwhile and unproductive as a job fair or sending your resume to everyone you know. The only essential? to join social networking sites such as LinkedIn, which sell themselves as the ‘in’ social networks for their particular slot in the market in social networking, may be to avoid being left out by your friends for not being a member of it. But then you’re only folding to peer-pressure and not really answering the requirements of financial or employment pressure.

Having said that, there are plenty of merits to using social networking sites in your job search. To begin with, why wouldn’t you try to post your resume everywhere possible? Why wouldn’t you show up at a job-fair if it promised raising your chances for a job even in the slightest? And why wouldn’t you send your resume to everyone you knew, in order to see who might be hiring? Similarly, why wouldn’t you join a social network and use it to air your resume and broadcast the fact that you are looking balloons greatly by joining such networks, and the results speak for themselves as candidates go on to attribute their employment to domains specializing in business and job finding such as LinkedIn, Facebook and other Facebook clones. And even so, even the recruiters who still run traditional websites that advertise your resume are now using social network sites to couple employers to future job seekers who match their requirements. If the professionals can see some value in it, then you probably should be able to as well.

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