http://www.cocomment.com/comments/vjmario Copyright 2007 coComment.com 2009-11-24T15:52:33.067+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/images/logo4rss.gif http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=vjmario&conv=311327&comment_id=4089142 Mario Sundar As one who has been involved in atleast 3 job hunts in recent years, I can vouch for three services - primarily craigslist, lately simply hired and my bet on the future is w/ LinkedIn.com. I loved craigslist (found my first job through them) and lament the fact there's not much opportunity to network, simplyhired is definitely a comprehensive search engine but the core differentiator I'm looking for would be the professional networking aspect. I agree with Micha when she says: "People will first hire individuals they know and like...this is why most forms of job hunting suck except personal networking." Miguel says: "... all the jobs I’ve had were through referrals and recommendations. I have no plans of changing that." Exactly! Putting these ideas together makes LinkedIn a perfect candidate that aggregates your professional background as well as making it easier to be referred or recommended. Personally, I loved the recommendations tool on LinkedIn...my most recent job hunt was successful due to the fact that the employer was able to read the recommendations and also verified the same with my recommender to ensure I was the right candidate. He could also choose totalk to a recommender who was closer to his "six degrees" because he'd trust them more. I agree that lots more improvements are needed but if I were to place my bets on the one service that could "e-harmonize job hunting" it'd be LinkedIn since they already have the business networking feature crafted to perfection. p.s. www.emurse.com definitely sounds interesting but I haven't used that one, esp. since I already have my resume on LinkedIn!? 2006-12-03T05:04:53.145+01:00 2006-12-03T05:04:53.145+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=vjmario&conv=87800&comment_id=1269219 Mario Hi there, Just checking... 2006-07-21T09:43:40.567+02:00 2006-07-21T09:43:40.567+02:00