Don't be Parochial - Particularly if You're Over 45

I do a lot of wandering about on the internet - and in the process of wandering about, I join this or that social network or group because it happens to be relevant to what I do, or simply because I'm interested in what it has to offer or say.

Some time ago, I joined something called Secrets of the Job Hunt - and so things fall into my inbox from them along with a lot of other stuff from a lot of other sources. I see that there are a lot of jobs going for people who have specific skills, for example - in credit management or in the wine trade - but I was particularly interested in something I got from Secrets of the Job Hunt the other day, because it was a Podcast entitled 'Over 45 Job Search Advice'.

It was very relevant to me at the time because I had just received a message from someone on LinkedIn who is over 45 and who is about to be made redundant. He was using LinkedIn and Naymz - and, for all I know, other social and business networks - to try to get other employment. But he wasn't really using the internet to it's full potential.

He wasn't wandering about. He wasn't joining this or that network or group. In fact, he was too narrowly focused.

And so he wasn't getting the information that I get every day from networks and groups.

Wander about! Join things! And don't be concerned that some of those organisations are not on your side of 'the pond', or are not (apparently!) specifically relevant to you. It's all grist to the mill. You need the information - and you never know where it might lead.

Geoff - http://www.metlissbarfield.com/