Comments on: Over 50 and Jobless? Join Social Networking Sites http://www.blogworld.com/2009/05/07/over-50-and-jobless-join-social-networking-sites/ Official News Blog of the World's Largest Social Media Conference & Tradeshow Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sunday http://www.blogworld.com/2009/05/07/over-50-and-jobless-join-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-18762 Sunday Fri, 08 May 2009 20:45:11 +0000 http://blog.blogworldexpo.com/?p=806#comment-18762 Good point, well put. I think there is so much hype (online and off) about Making It Big Quick that it's easy to forget this fact in the hubbub. You may well get jobs or readers through knowing more people, but it's not always a straight line. Sometimes you work hard looking for apples and the universe offers you an orange, as Julia Cameron says. Good point, well put. I think there is so much hype (online and off) about Making It Big Quick that it’s easy to forget this fact in the hubbub. You may well get jobs or readers through knowing more people, but it’s not always a straight line. Sometimes you work hard looking for apples and the universe offers you an orange, as Julia Cameron says.

]]> By: Ken Camp http://www.blogworld.com/2009/05/07/over-50-and-jobless-join-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-18760 Ken Camp Fri, 08 May 2009 02:21:30 +0000 http://blog.blogworldexpo.com/?p=806#comment-18760 Since I fit the demographic, over 50 and unemployed, I feel like I can add some thoughts to this. Whether you've been involved in social network from the beginning, as I have, or you're joining for the first time in the newly unemployed state, there's something to keep in mind. The power of the network is in the power, support and encouragement you get from friends, colleagues and online acquaintances. The power is the people in your network. If you're unemployed and joining LinkedIn or Facebook simply to find a job and leave, you won't find real value. You'll experience frustration and be very disappointed. What these services do provide is a way to stay in touch with colleagues, industry groups, business sectors. Building and nurturing those relationships may well lead to the next job. But it may not. Don't overlook the value in the people you connect with. That's where the power lies in social networking. Since I fit the demographic, over 50 and unemployed, I feel like I can add some thoughts to this.

Whether you’ve been involved in social network from the beginning, as I have, or you’re joining for the first time in the newly unemployed state, there’s something to keep in mind. The power of the network is in the power, support and encouragement you get from friends, colleagues and online acquaintances. The power is the people in your network.

If you’re unemployed and joining LinkedIn or Facebook simply to find a job and leave, you won’t find real value. You’ll experience frustration and be very disappointed. What these services do provide is a way to stay in touch with colleagues, industry groups, business sectors. Building and nurturing those relationships may well lead to the next job. But it may not.

Don’t overlook the value in the people you connect with. That’s where the power lies in social networking.

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