Social media are a powerful tool, and the go-green movement is becoming popular in the social media world. A new Facebook app is exercising this power to help people get back to work or even land their dream job — Hire My Friend.
With an unemployment rate of 9.7 percent in January 2010, there were nearly 15 million Americans out of work, of whom 6.3 million had been jobless for 27 or more weeks. It is likely that these people have used the most traditional methods to find a job. But now it's time to get creative, and Hire My Friend can help people do that.
However, as you can see, the name of the app is Hire My Friend, not Hire Me, so it is designed for you to help a friend get a job. One of the most important parts of getting a job is who you know. Reach out to your network of friends and you will find more opportunities than applying for a job in a newspaper advertisement. As a writer, I know that networking is the key to opening doors and getting new opportunities.
When you place the Hire My Friend app on your Facebook page, you can present your friend's job-related facts and then this information is shown through a live feed post (实时发布). Then your entire network of Facebook friends can see what your friend has to offer. In addition to the app itself, the Hire My Friend Facebook page has lots of useful resources for those who want to find a job. One tab (标签) has the latest jobs that are being posted on Twitter, another powerful social media tool. Another tab has a list of job searching blogs and major job search sites for the jobless. The developer of the app encourages people never to give up. If you know of someone who is out of work, I encourage you to try the Hire My Friend app.
