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Jobless older adults key on LinkedIn hub for networking

Encore Careers uses a LinkedIn group to help job-seekers 50 and older make connections and learn from others’ experience, but it takes work.
By Matt Wilson | Posted: October 3, 2011
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According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, social media use among adults 50 and older has exploded in the past few years . Among adults 65 and up, the percentage who use social media sites has jumped from 4 to 26. For adults ages 50 to 64, the percentage has jumped from 11 to 47. They aren’t tweeting. Only 3 percent of the oldest group and 6 percent of the 50 to 64 group said in a May 2010 survey that they use Twitter. But they use social me read more...

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