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&lt;p&gt;We&#39;ve talked before about using social media tools to find a job. But usually, that means the Big Three: Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just kidding! Of course, the (arguably) best site for job search social media is LinkedIn. And it&#39;s undoubtedly the best place for explicating posting your resume and qualifications, since you&#39;re not likely to have any photos of you drinking nearby, and you have more than 180 characters to describe your job duties.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But what about Pinterest, a newly, wildly popular site for posting &quot;interests,&quot; scrap-book style? Reports show that traffic to the site has increased 40-fold over just the last six months, with 11 million hits in just the week of December 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, according to Business Insider—placing it at about same growth trajectory as Facebook circa 2006.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&#39;s great news for those looking for exposure. But the style of the site, which tends to feature images, may be better suited to those shopping for creative, artistic jobs. That&#39;s also because that&#39;s the type of employer that a site like Pinterest would attract.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And since Pinterest is well suited, format wise, to visual materials, it&#39;s a great place to post a portfolio. It also proves—much better than a line on your resume that you&#39;re hip to trends in art and design—that you&#39;re actually in the game. You can show interests, influences, and best of all, awareness of your industry. That is, if you&#39;re hoping to get hired by a young, hip company that&#39;s looking at Pinterest.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So thoughts? Is it gimmicky or savvy to have a job-seeking profile on Pinterest?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, check out a few of the amazing resumes Business Insider found on the site—it may inspire you to think outside the box a bit with your online presence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read More:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;http://www.businessinsider.com/trending-up-pinterest-had-11-million-visits-last-week-2011-12&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pinterest is Exploding&lt;/a&gt; (Business Insider) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;http://www.businessinsider.com/7-cool-resumes-we-found-on-pinterest-2012-2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;7 Cool Resumes We Found on Pinterest&lt;/a&gt; (Business Insider)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;--Cathy Vandewater, Vault.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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