WEB 2.0 AND RECRUITING

Although Facebook is more of a social networking tool you can search for or post jobs on Facebook too.

To find the job postings

1. Go to the bottom left corner and click on “Applications.” There 20 pages of applications; many are games or entertainment, but there are some business applications too.

2. Select “Browse More Applications.”

3. Along the left hand side you can select by category. Select “business.”

4. Then select "jobs."

5. You can type in a job title or select a subcategory.

As of Sunday, October 18, 2009, there were 168,264 jobs posted. Below is just a small sample of the type and number of jobs posted on Facebook:

Finance and Accounting - 5,326 job postings
Marketing and PR - 1,226 job postings
Civil Service - 1,298 job postings
Engineering - 4,448 job postings
HR and Recruiting - 905 job postings
Computer and Software - 12,557 job postings

So, in spite of the difficult economy there are jobs out there. You just have to know where to find them.

Marty Brack
E-mail: mdbrack@crimson.ua.edu
Cell: 205-837-4098