MySpace and Facebook are the clear winners — so far — in the social networking wars, but Yahoo has fired an opening salvo in what may be the next heated skirmish: business and employment networking. Yahoo’s Kickstart is meant to help college students launch their professional careers. To be sure, there are any number of job sites — from Craigslist to Monster.com — already devoted to this purpose. These sites increasingly are attempting to mimic Facebook’s approach to connecting job candidates with prospective employers.
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Yahoo Kickstarts Business Networking Wars
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 5, 2007 03:11 PMMySpace and Facebook are the clear winners — so far — in the social networking wars, but Yahoo has fired an opening salvo in what may be the next heated skirmish: business and employment networking. Yahoo’s Kickstart is meant to help college students launch their professional careers. To be sure, there are any number of job sites — from Craigslist to Monster.com — already devoted to this purpose. These sites increasingly are attempting to mimic Facebook’s approach to connecting job candidates with prospective employers.