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Use social media to directly reach the people who will want to hire you most. This is a guest post by Peggy McKee. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Today’s job search is unlike any you’ve ever seen before. In addition to the recession-fueled glut of workers, the explosion of web-based job searches and online social networking has turned the process into something entirely new. That has resulted in candidates who previously, would have flooded the market with resumes, gotten several responses, a few interviews, and a couple of job offers, but now face online job applications that thousands of others have seen, too. It’s all too easy to get lost in the shuffle, and never even get a “Dear John” letter. Instead of lamenting the cyberspace crush of candidates, you can use the same tools that work against you and turn them into aids in your job search strategy.