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Ask HN: How do people use social networks to find jobs out of school?

1 pointsby xivxixabout 4 years ago
I am gathering information about how social networks can help new graduates to find job in 2021. I have been in the industry for a while and it does not appear that social networks played any tangible role in my employment, including the ones that are geared toward professionals. So the question I have is if anyone has any success story using LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and similar platforms to find a job out of grad school?

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BlameKanedaabout 4 years ago
I took a class with a guy who was a subpar student, and he spent most of the lectures on LinkedIn and reached out to anyone and everyone. He had no shame and &quot;fear of rejection&quot; when it came to cold messaging.<p>A few weeks to a month after the class ended, he got a job and was the first in our class to get one. It was for a Sales Engineer position, rather software engineering (which the rest of us were gearing up for), but based on his interests it seemed way more up his alley.