CNN has a great article posted today – “I found my job using Twitter” which details how some people are using social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for searching for a job.  The post has some pretty good tips and insight.

If you are a reliability engineer or predictive maintenance professional, there are a number of industry specific groups out there that you can join on these sites.  Far and away, LinkedIn probably has the most resources as you an join these groups and get access to the entire membership.  Also, each group has a place for job postings which might highlight some jobs you won’t find on the traditional job boards like Career Builder and Monster.

Facebook doesn’t seem to have much in the way of specific groups that have any size to them; our guess is that Facebook isn’t really being used for career purposes as much as personal.  After all, its kind of awkward to have your boss see pictures of you passed out or downing tequila shots!

Twitter is becoming increasingly popular with the reliability engineering and predictive maintenance crowd.  A lot of industry professionals are Twittering, including us.  You can find us at www.twitter.com/nextupcareers.com.  Be sure to follow us and all the other reliability engineering professionals out there.