Usefulness of social media for finding contracts

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Usefulness of social media for finding contracts

20 August 2014, 13:03

I'm pretty new to the contracting world and was wondering just how useful things like LinkedIn iand Facebook are for finding work

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20 August 2014, 14:32

Hi Pete

That question is asked quite often.

Here are some recent threads:

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...light=linkedin

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...light=linkedin

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...contracts.html

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20 August 2014, 14:41

LinkedIn, yes.

Facebook, probably not.

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22 August 2014, 08:04

Facebook is for personal stuff unless you are selling to consumers.

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