Good read this week in Time Magazine on how social media is changing how job searches are being done. The article, by Barbara Kiviat, leads with an example of a software architect who found a job in 11 days by leveraging Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, among other social sites.

The article points out some facts fueling the social trend: that 27 percent of job hires come from referrals (vs. 12 percent from job boards).

The software engineer in the article’s strategy? A Twitter blitz, an uploaded resume on LinkedIn, and a message to all of his 200 Facebook friends, letting them know he was looking for work.

Time also has a top ten list of ways your job will change.

Worth checking out.