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For all the continual media frenzy over Facebook and Twitter, the most remarkable social networking story of all may well be LinkedIn, the global social network for business professionals founded by serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur Reid Hoffman in December 2002.

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Social networking sites are the new recruitment platform.
Professional recruiters have started using social networking platforms such as Facebook, Orkut, MySpace and Linkedin, to hunt for candidates. These sites are also helping job hunters market themselves online by providing potential employers with access to profiles, work history and specific skills lists.
Social networking platforms are [...]

On June 15, 225 recruiting industry professionals got together at Google’s World HQ in Mountain View, CA, and thousands more participated in a live stream and online chat to learn and discuss what has worked, what has been tried and what can be done to capitalize on these incredibly powerful tools for our industry.

From the social network Facebook, we shift your attention to LinkedIn – an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries.
You can find, be introduced to, and collaborate with qualified professionals that you need to work with to accomplish your goals
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LinkedIn has over 36 million members [...]