LinkedIn and Monster.com are finally feeling an incline on the revenue from their job postings meaning more jobs are out; specifically 25% more for Monster, and a whopping 170% more for LinkedIn. However these job finding giants aren't alone in their market anymore as Facebook is on the rise again. It seems many people are appealing to the idea of posting and finding jobs via Facebook as the societal platform is an easier and quicker way to make friends with those within your workforce. It's not a complete switch however as several companies and people choose to stay with the purely posting site Monster, or the purely professional site LinkedIn.
"Indeed, Jeff Vijungco, vice president of world-wide talent acquisition for Adobe Systems Inc., said that in focus groups, prospective job candidates were sharply averse to being contacted through Facebook for jobs. 'The antibodies kicked in pretty quickly. They thought it was very invasive,' he said. The company posts job openings on its Facebook page, but Mr. Vijungco said they have had more success finding employees through LinkedIn".
Where this is going to go is anyone's guess but mine is that the more social friendly and less professional companies and employees will be found in the less professional and more friendly atmosphere whereas LinkedIn will always have a base user and company's posting behind it. With Facebook also gone public there may also be issues with legality however in what fashion I couldn’t tell at this time.
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