My response to a blog posted by Townsend Wardlaw, CEO of Sales Outsourcing Company and School Three Value Logic Sales Institute.There are many job opportunities and companies listed through online networking sites. College students and job seekers are very lucky to have access to online professional networking tools such as LinkedIn. Individuals may not have exposure to certain opportunities and information otherwise. I am actually blown away by the functionality of LinkedIn, especially with respect to my professional development and progression. Social networking seems to have become a form of career mentoring. The Wallstreet Journal recently published an article about Social Networking and its implications within the professional world. Social Networking goes Professional stated that social networking sites attracted more than 110 million unique visitors during the month of July. The number of visitors was up 40% when compared to the same time last year. The article also talks of 25,000 doctors who visit sites such as Sermo.com, seeking treatment advise and trends in medicine. LinkedIn actually has an Answers section. Members can ask a variety of business related questions and have answers within minutes. Even better, the people answering these questions are business professionals with real world experience. Members can also search archives of answers from categories such as marketing, management, sales, etc... It's amazing!! If you are interested in learning more about LinkedIn, Liz Ryan, CEO of World WIT ,recently delivered an awesome web seminar focused on the benefits of social networking. Her seminar titled Social Networking: Business Relationships built here was a perfect introduction to understanding social networking sites and some of their benefits. I'm looking forward to reading her book Happy About Online Networking.Guess you could say, I'm sold on the phenomena of Social Networking.