BANGALORE: Are you looking forward towards changing your job or moving in a new career path? Then your social network can play a big role. Social networking is the effort you make to create and maintain relationships within that social network. You can do this face-to-face at conferences or can even connect with others online through web sites like LinkedIn and Facebook. Social networking uses your professional and personal connections to move your resume to the top level to move you ahead in your career.

Let’s have a look at some of the ways social media boost your career prospectus:

1. Look out for companies

Nowadays many employers are active on sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and thus almost all the companies have their own Facebook page and Twitter handle. You can reach out to companies by following the companies on social media and by sending them private messages, through mails or tweets. This way you can stay up-to-date with the company news and figure out hiring trends.

Many times, companies post about their off campus placement locations and walk-ins exclusively on social media sites which you otherwise would have missed out. Job seekers should use their account proactively to ask questions about new openings, career events, and specifics of company’s field of work on such pages.