There has been a lot of buzz about how to find a job using social media. The social media sector has itself become a major employer. This booming sector is looking to fill positions in sales and marketing, content production, web development and, of course, human resource professionals to help staff all these positions.

If you are looking for resources to start your social media job search, following are some good tools

Mashable’s Social Media Job Listings is a must-use tool if you are seeking to enter the social media sector. In addition to social media job listings, you will find lots of good articles on social media job search strategies.

SimplyHired.com consolidates over 12,000 jobs under keyword “social media.” Indeed.com is another popular site with the Web 2.0 crowd.

There are even a few pure plays. While they have fewer jobs advertised, they are focused. Check out Web Strategy and Social Media Jobs and the Social Media Job Wire.

The latest thing in social media is the Ning Network. Jobs in Social Media is using Ning to create a busy online community hub for those who want to search for, chat about, and give advice on, social media jobs.

If you are just breaking into social media, consider searching “social media interns.”