The following post is by a guest blogger who really has made a name for herself in the recruiting industry. Her blogs, http://linkedinhfcngroup.blogspot.com/ and http://linkedinhfcngroup.blogspot.com/ help explain all the good work she has done in this industry. Dawn Christine Mular is the founder of the Helping Friends Career Network and a virtual friend who has become a friend.

The following is from her blog and the title above is hers as well:

Inspired by the possibilities we have to make a difference through our partnership of social and business networking… We are not making the mistake that networking is about collecting as many connections as you can. There is value in trust; there is courage in and challenge that we COULD be bringing by creating smarter networks of problem solvers!

The Recruiters Lounge Shared a list of the Top 50 Recruiters on Twitter. http://www.therecruiterslounge.com/2009/01/27/top-50-recruiters-on-twitter/

Won’t it be exciting when social networkers realize that collaboration IS the network…? It is being involved in our community and fully networked to bring their best and brightest to the issue of creating opportunity, revenue, and well being. Real estate agents, doctors, lawyers, employed and underemployed, using their skills in new and useful ways…

Good news perhaps does not make headlines, however as news of employment loss is on the increase, the need for community to pull together will produce a greater focus of opportunities for each of us to collaborate and make a difference.

What might a community do to respond to tough times with solutions rather than explanations for why the limitations exist? Consider the opportunity to return dignity and unique value from the challenges that face our communities. What could we do with uncommon caring and networking with one another…?

To help resolve issues of Healthcare for small business, for laid off percentages of citizens in communities who cannot afford insurance, who’s employers can not cover the benefit, who’s laid off cannot pay COBRA, or to get sick, but also cannot afford to miss a day of work.

To help resolve issues of Jobs Loss for citizen’s who have been laid off, struggling to get a job and competing for a narrower pool of local jobs, while at the same time. Let us reduce the struggle, and increase the success factors. We can buy and sell just about anything on eBay, and yet we have not commoditized an administrative workforce. Small businesses still thrive. Jobs still exist, but the traditional way of doing business probably is not as flexible as we could be by exploring the value of networking our human resources for better opportunity… How many 1/4 jobs could be pooled to create full jobs? How many administrative tasks or customer service talents, could be offered as a virtual talent.

What could be done for an emerging green workforce to include telecommuting professionals, a mobile or contract workforce? What could that do for jobs construction, jobs gains, and smarter ecological practice?

What business professionals could we bring together to create a solution for the present state that does not force communities to neglect or sacrifice well being because of economic distress? What solutions might we brainstorm by observing the problems and opportunities with inspiration?

From me:

P.S. There were some live links to this post, to see the entire post visit:

http://linkedinhfcngroup.blogspot.com/ 

I would love to hear your views on what problems social networking can begin to solve.