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May 31, 2005 1:31 PM
Six degrees on the web
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 1:31 PM
The web, as we all know, has had a huge impact on job searching. But now it's going beyond job boards. A new class of sites is attempting to change the professional networking process by putting it online:
Social networking sites for job-seekers are popping up all over the Web. With names like LinkedIn, Ryze, Spoke Software, and Tribe Networks, the sites boast the opportunity to link users to 'insiders' with access to jobs, eliminating anxiety-ridden cold calls.Read Diane Lewis' story from the Boston Globe.
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The theory behind social networking sites is that users become links in a chain with only a few degrees of separation. Lieu [a job seeker], for example, was separated from her new boss by only four people, or four degrees. In that sense, LinkedIn and its competitors are making use of the so-called small-world theory.
