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Job hunting: Social media can connect you with employers -- chicagotribune.com

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Nov 02, 2009

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Job hunters get the advice hammered home that re-employment is most likely to occur via networking -- through people who know people. But just try applying for a job through real, live people contact. It's all about the Internet, especially for big-company or government jobs.

And that produces a frequent complaint: Job hunters know they're supposed to have human contact, but they can't break through the voice mail and online systems.

The answer, it turns out, might be on the Internet after all: Try LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Many older workers shy away from social media because they have privacy concerns, a fear of computer viruses or don't know how to use the tools.

Tony McKinnon, president of MRINetwork, an executive search organization, offers some basic tips:

--Sign up on LinkedIn and build a network of 50 to 75 successful friends, family members and former colleague Read the full article

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