29 professional niche social networks you should know about

Having an online network specific to your field or profession makes sense. After all, you wouldn’t go to your accountant if you were a doctor looking for advice on a patient’s mystery illness. Networks specific to one’s profession can be helpful, not only in the collecting and exchanging of ideas, but also in giving you an opportunity to expose your résumé, or post about job vacancies to a relevant audience.

Bearing this in mind, Memeburn took a look at some of the most prominent professional fields and the social networks which serve them. In each instance, we’ve highlighted, in detail, one prominent example from each field and have then listed some of the others worth looking at:

Information Technology

People working in the IT and tech industry have been looking for ways to stay connected with each other since the days when a computer meant something occupying a very large room and owned only by universities, large corporations and government defence departments. Given the rapidly evolving nature of IT, it is only natural that professionals in this field would have gravitated towards social networking with its ability to connect experts in converging fields and constantly updating news feeds.

IT Tool Box is one of the premier examples how an IT social network can function. While IT Toolbox makes use of a number of the features of standard online social networks, including profiles listing personal information and experience and the ability to blog, it has done so successfully enough to garner more than a million members.

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