3 Social Media Tips to Help Women's Careers

By Kerry Hannon

Contrary to reports, LinkedIn and other social networking sites aren't male-dominated resources

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Most of my fiftysomething female friends are hip to social media as a way of advancing their careers. Many midlife women are getting better at using LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and other social media to get ahead at work and when job hunting. A recent Pew Internet and American Life Project study found that women have been significantly more likely to use social networking sites than men since 2009.

All of this explains why I’ve been pained by articles this year in Time, Huffington Post Women and other media declaring that although women

15 Career Pros Boomers Should Follow On Twitter

By: Nancy Collamer

Whether you’re looking for a job, pondering a second-act careeror simply want to stay up to date on industry trends, if you’re not on Twitter, you’re missing out.

In truth, like many fiftysomethings, it took me awhile to warm up to Twitter. When I first heard about the

online and mobile social networking service, I thought it sounded downright silly. But now that I’ve been using Twitter for nearly two years, I’m singing (tweeting?) a different tune.

Twitter, I’ve learned, provides a powerful, quick way to get the latest career information: job posting alerts, recommendations of helpful books, links to industry conferences, the skinny on potential employers and much more. It also lets you build relationships with industry experts, recruiters and others who could boost your career.

Tweet all about it: Twitter tells you when tweets become news

By: Jennifer Van Grove

In the name of context, the information network now points you to news articles where tweets are embedded.

 Twitter is making people privy to tweets that make news with a new feature the company calls "related headlines."