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I would assume it's because facebook has become a great way for that age group to get in touch with people they haven't seen in years, not for job networking, a
by ZachS 17y ago
I would assume it's because facebook has become a great way for that age group to get in touch with people they haven't seen in years, not for job networking, although I may be wrong.
- nostrademons 17y agoI'm not sure about that. On a recent plane trip, I sat next to a 14-year-old who was lamenting that her mom was now on FaceBook because she needed to be for job leads. I've heard similar stories from several of my recently-out-of-college friends. And my cubemate is Facebook-friends with her manager, which makes for an interesting dynamic in what she can or can't post online...
- ZachS 17y agoWow, that's interesting, my gut reaction was that the site had turned into a free alternative to classmates.com.
- netsp 17y agohttp://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/classmates_com_employees http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/classmates_com_e...
- carbon8 17y agoVery strange. LinkedIn is infinitely better for professional networking.
- nostrademons 17y agoYeah, that's what I've noticed too. LinkedIn doesn't seem to have much penetration outside of tech hubs though - I noticed a big difference in adoption just going from Boston to Silicon Valley. The girl in question was from Williamstown, MA, which is basically just two streets and a college in northwest Massachusetts. I'm not too surprised FaceBook beats it out, given the large student and academic population.