Niche Social Networks For Your Career Search - CareerEnlightenment.com

There are also many flourishing social networks for business people and entrepreneurs. Elixio, Presently, Qapacity, Ryze, EntrepeneurConnect, PartnerUp, and Biznik all offer innovative ways for people in varying fields of business and entrepreneurship to network with past, present, and future clients and investors while searching for and comparing a variety of resources and vendors. There is also the location-based network Foursquare, which is an excellent way for small businesses to make names for themselves in their communities.Other rising professionals need connections too. If youre working in the academics industry, you can check out Academia.edu and Fledgewing. Of if youre an open source developer, check out Diaspora and Identi.ca, two cutting edge networks for ambitious, license free software.Like apps, whatever your field isâ€"theres a network for that. Dont limit yourself to just the big three, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Youre doing yourself a great disservice by being conservative with your exposure to social media.Author Sarah Hill also writes for The Tech Update