By Bill Klump | @TheKlumper | February 9th, 2012

In just under two years BranchOut has grown to become the largest professional network on Facebook with millions of users in more than 60 countries and 15 languages.  BranchOut users leverage their Facebook friend network to find jobs, source sales leads, recruit talent, and strengthen relationships with professional contacts.  BranchOut also operates the largest job board on Facebook with over three million jobs and 20,000 internships.  BranchOut’s enterprise products help recruiters and hiring managers source talent more effectively.  BranchOut’s social job posts are easily shared on Facebook and Twitter, and display inside connections right in the job post.

The company has revealed today that a recent growth spurt has amassed a total of 10 million active users, and 300 million connections on the network since launching in July 2010.  And over the last two months alone the site has gained an average of two new users per second.

“By being built on the Facebook platform, we are able to reach hundreds of millions of users. Jobseekers now realize that networking with close friends and family for professional purposes is successful and necessary. Thus, we’ve seen tremendous growth over the last two months, which we expect to continue in the future.” – Rick Marini, CEO and founder of BranchOut

I have read where some are trying to downplay BranchOuts reported numbers by saying that theyre not exactly comparing apples to oranges since BranchOut only has about 10 million members who have actually signed on and created accounts compared to LinkedIns membership of 135 million.  Quite frankly that argument doesnt compare apples to oranges, since BranchOut has only been around for less than two years.  Thats like trying to compare Derrek Rose of the Chicago Bulls to Michael Jordan.

Theres no way of knowing where BranchOut will end up, just like theres no way of knowing if Derrek Rose will end up breaking all of Jordans records, but I look forward to seeing where both of them end up a decade from now.  If they both keep tearing it up like this, it will be fun to watch.

Nice job BranchOut, pretty impressive if you ask me.