How to Use Facebook's Graph Search to Find a Job
Your Facebook friends (and even friends of friends) can be sources of job leads, if you know how to ask the right questions. Facebook's search bar, Graph Search, has its own syntax, much like ordering a cup of coffee at Starbucks. To find friends who can introduce you to an employer, you'll need to type a full sentence into the search bar. First, the basics.
Your Facebook friends (and even friends of friends) can be sources of job leads, if you know how to ask the right questions. Facebook’s search bar, Graph Search, has its own syntax, much like ordering a cup of coffee at Starbucks. To find friends who can introduce you to an employer, you’ll need to type a full sentence into the search bar. First, the basics.
Find people you know.
My friends = your contacts
My friends of friends = their friends who are not also friends with you
People = other people on Facebook that you are not connected to at all
Figure out what your friends do and where they work.
who are = occupation or job title
who used to be = former occupation or job title
at = company, school, or organization
who work at = current employer
who worked at = former employer
who like = pages, interests, genres, etc.
Find
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