Now Facebook users can establish a professional network on the world’s most popular social platform in the Indian market, courtesy Monster India, the leading online career and recruitment resource in the country. Monster India has now come up with a professional networking app specially designed for this purpose.

Christened as BeKnown, this new app can enable users seamlessly identify and connect with friends and professional contacts from multiple sources and grow their professional network, enhance their online professional identify and discover enriching career opportunities.

“As a leader and innovator in the e-recruitment space, Monster.com has always strived to empower both job seekers and employers with what they need to succeed. BeKnown is another extension of our commitment to meet the evolving needs of job seekers and employers by adding professional networking to their online recruitment, job search, and career management toolkit,” Sanjay Modi, MD, monster.com (India/Middle East/ South East Asia) said.

More than 750 million people globally use Facebook, while 97 per cent of the Fortune 500 companies turn to Monster to find a powerhouse of talent. In India alone, there are over 35 million users who are active on Facebook, by far the largest online networking platform in the country.

“Monster India now provides Facebook users a powerful professional networking experience through a platform that showcases their professional brand, features career updates and advances their career goals while keeping personal and work-related content and interactions completely separate,” said Modi.

ritwikmukherjee@mydigitalfc.com