Online networks may help job-hunting: surveys

"Job seekers should tap into online networking sites to help hunt down potential employers, new surveys suggest.

The polls, conducted in Canada and the United States on behalf of California-based recruitment firm Robert Half International (RHI.N), showed that most executives believe that professional networking sites will prove useful over the next three years for job seekers...

RHI provided five suggestions for benefiting from online networking:

• Craft your profile carefully
• Ask for recommendations
• Build your list of contacts
• Don't post anything you wouldn't want an employer to see
• Don't stop networking once you have a job"