The Wall Street Oasis (WSO) is an online community of financial professionals, most of them in their 20s and 30s, either looking to break into financial services or already in and networking with like minds.

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What social networking tools provide is a way to break the divides that separate your employees and their expertise from customers and one another, fostering a climate of knowledge sharing and collaboration.

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Make sure you attend networking events for the industry you are looking to break into.

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The technology itself is fairly fascinating, though, as is the social networking demonstration that's embedded just past the break.

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