I don't know about you, but I always wondered why LinkedIn never used the social graph in a way that was more useful to professionals who have both a LinkedIn account and a Facebook account. The newly launched Facebook app BranchOut has stolen that show! BranchOut launched a new Facebook application that makes career networking a snap.
The application unlocks massive amounts of career data about my friends and friends of friends that seemed impossible to get to before. The application also has job listings, currently free for thirty days to your direct network.
Check out this video for more info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxMwkTnSxTo
This is one of the best designed facebook apps I have seen. Every piece of data is turned into a new way you can connect. It does an amazing job of expanding your existing network by locating connection points. I encourage you to search a company name and see which of your Facebook friends work there. If those friends have installed the BranchOut app, you can also see how many of their friends have worked at that company.
Have you branched out yet? If not, join me at: http://apps.facebook.com/branchout/





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