Careers, to a large extent is a function of networking and networking can be best done by tools like career community which stay ahead of the curve. The early adopters of any new networking tool have got the best out of it. For instance consider LinkedIn or Twitter and see who got the maximum benefit.

Likewise with career community, the opportunities are endless especially for the early adopter. It is not just about executive job search; it is about developing you as an individual. It is not difficult to find software that will match employers with prospective employees. But what makes it unique is its ability to act as a friend and a career guide at the same time. Here is what you can expect to do at the career community:

• Educate: Careers are often about education. And education here does not refer to the formal education that we receive in schools or colleges but rather about the informal education about how employment in a particular industry really works. And as we all know that success stems from failures, but you need not fail all the time. With this you can have a good experience in whatever your field of endeavor without working a single day in it. The forum facilitates the happening of this. Alternatively you could write your own articles and educate people, giving employment advice. It is often said that smart people learn from other people's mistakes and that is exactly what this community is meant for!

• Communicate: Careers are also largely about being in the right place at the right time. Not all jobs find their way to an online careers search engine. Rather they may be filled up by referrals in a short of time. So how does one plan to harness these opportunities? And it is not possible to ignore them since a large chunk of the important jobs may be decided via this mechanism just to get done with it fast.

On the other hand consider this, even if all the jobs were posted online, there are so many different sites and the possibility of one individual keeping track of them daily is very limited. The bottom line is that networking pays off. If you were to take care of interests of other people, they will do the same. So at career community, blogs and personal mails can be used to inform fellow members about various job openings and opportunities.

• Get Trained: Careers are also about interviews and passing interviews requires training from people who have been there and done that. Since career community is your platform to get connected with such people you could also use it for training purposes. Interview training can make the difference between selection and failure. Everyone likes a well rounded employee, but the definition of well rounded differs from company to company.

• Share Tools: Last but not the least; career community is a means to share tools with others that you may have access to.

The purpose of career community is to harness mutual needs of people. And going by the past trend it has been doing great and with the number of people increasing the network and therefore the effectiveness is multiplying. It has become the new way to network for jobs.