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title: "On the Job Hunt: Job Seekers Leverage Social Media - CareerArc social recruiting"
description:   Mayors Kasim Reed (Atlanta, GA) and Cory Booker (Newark, NJ) are innovating through social media – launching social recruiting...
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# [On the Job Hunt: Job Seekers Leverage Social Media - CareerArc social recruiting](https://careerarc.com/blog/atlanta-newark-social-recruiting-initiatives-featured-fox)

 Written by [Yair Riemer](https://careerarc.com/blog/author/yair-riemer) | Mar 9, 2012 9:21:57 AM

     
 Mayors Kasim Reed (Atlanta, GA) and Cory Booker (Newark, NJ) are innovating through social media – launching social recruiting jobs platforms in their respective cities to connect seekers with employers. The Atlanta, GA and Newark, NJ social recruiting initiatives are gaining momentum, as seen in the embedded video above, from [FOX’s On The Job Hunt special feature.](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/09/on-job-hunt-job-seekers-leverage-social-media/)

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