Which One is Better (For the Job Search) Facebook Or LinkedIn?
Many people would consider this a tough question. However, the truth is the answer is simple. “Better” is measured by results. LinkedIn produces results and Facebook is more difficult to translate results from. Why is this? On the face of the question, Facebook struggle relative to LinkedIn because the service was never planned as a space friendly to professional interaction. On the other hand, LinkedIn superbly provides an interface that offers tremendous professional value and generally offers limited disruption. Let’s review each in more detail: Facebook collects all sorts of information that defines consumers, but is really very poorly set up to collect and deliver a professional or career oriented presentation. With over 400,000,000 members, none of us are thumbing our noses as Facebook, but I believe most professionals see Facebook’s commercial application as stilted and at this point not even vaguely attempting to offer the business networking interface offered by LinkedIn. You
