Social Bookmarking Sites and Careers

Here are 17 different social networking sites that can also help you in a job search and career planning. The more people you know, the more contacts you have for your dream job!

Alumni Networking

Contact the Career Services or Alumni Affairs office at your college or university to find alumni career networking contacts.

Alumni.Net

Find fellow alumni from company, high school, university, and other organization affiliations.

Bright Star

Bright Circles alumni community lets current and former employees from leading companies and organizations stay in touch.

Classmates.com

Find high school, college, military and workplace (in the Work and Careers Directory) connections. Friends and colleagues are ideal job search networking resources.

Fast Company - Company of Friends

Company of Friends is a community of self-organizing groups of business leaders and innovators. Members help each other improve their careers, companies, and communities.

Friendster

Friendster is a social networking site where you can meet new friends and connect with old ones, stay in touch and browse to find people with similar interests.

Jobster

Create a profile that includes a YouTube-hosted video information about your background, tags, and a personalized URL you can use to share your digital resume with employers.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a networking tool which provides access to LinkedIn Jobs, a relationship-powered job network that allows professionals to search job listings and discover inside connections to hiring managers, HR professionals and recruiters.

LinkedIn: Following Up with Potential Employers

Advice on how to follow up on inside connections at potential employers on LinkedIn.

Meet-Up Work and Careers

The Meet-Up social networking site enables users to find groups of people with interests that match theirs. Check the Work and Careers category or browse a variety of other topics.

Monster Networking

Register with Monster to search for job search networking contacts by keyword, occupation, company, school or location. Keep track of career networking contacts and messages. Additional benefits (for a fee) like Instant Messaging for VIP Members.

MySpace

Create your own MySpace profile and find people with similar interests.

MyWorkster

Professionally network with students, graduates, and employers. Plus resume posting and job search tools.

Ning

Create your own social network with Ning.

Ryze Business Networking

Network to grow your career and to find a job. Free networking-oriented home page and messaging.

Vault Message Boards

Online discussion forums for a variety of career topics, undergraduate and graduate schools, industries and companies. These are an excellent sources for networking to find career and company information.

WorldWIT

The largest online discussion community for business women in the world. Use the network to find jobs, get resume help, to connect with other businesswomen, and get all sorts of business, career and other advice.