How to get Grey Nomads Jobs

ByChief Jobber

If you have registered as a candidate there are some things that will help you get grey nomads jobs.

Here’s something important to know.

80% of jobs filled are never advertised.

That’s because most employers are like you and me. They want things now!

They go straight to the Browse Nomads Available section or do a Skills Search by Keyword to get in contact with someone they know can do the job.

If they don’t find anyone they might place an ad. Or they just might come back tomorrow and search again.

So for every job that is advertised, there are another 4 getting filled without you knowing about it.

So how does the smart nomads get grey nomads jobs?

  1. Register. You won’t have a hope if you can’t be found!
  2. Make sure you fill in at least something in your profile.
    The minimum should be your Professional Headline.
    This is the bit that employers see in the Browse Page.
    So if you are a baker with 36 years experience all over Australia, I would suggest you put in: Baker with 36 years experience all over Australia!
    In other words, tell them what you do.
  3. You should also fill in the bit that says roughly where and when you intend being somewhere.

The really smart nomads who get grey nomads jobs first are the ones that say a LOT!

Let’s face it. Employers don’t want to waste time. It is easier for them to scan though a lot of information on your profile than to contact you and then find out that you don’t fit the bill.

So they go for the people who are detailed in their profile first.

And usually they find someone.

Why some people don’t get grey nomads jobs offers.

Now many people put in – “can do anything” or something similar. That’s a trap. Avoid it.

These employers already know you can do anything. They want to know if you can do something specific. They don’t search by a keyword that is “anything”.

Employers search with specifics such as “tinker” or “tailor” or “brain surgeon”.

So login and you will see My resume details.  Click on the red (Edit) and enter or change your details.

Get Grey Nomads Jobs
Click on the red (Edit) to change your details

Remember, 4 out of 5 jobs go to people who have provided lots of information in their profile.

Good luck. Have fun!

Oh, and a PS: The “Browse for Nomads” lists them in order of last updated. So if you want to be up near the top of the list, update regularly!

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11 Comments

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  2. We have just registered as candidates however, on the registration page under ‘biographical detail’ I think it would be helpful to newcomers to advise them on how much detail should go in that space. Now that I have read further we now need to go back and edit those details and not just give a brief outline of where we live and what we have done work wise. Cheers

    1. Thanks Don, that’s a great idea.
      I will add it to the list.
      Graham

  3. We are ‘Young Nomads’ (in our 50s) planning to head off by October this year. We are keen to pick up work of different types and duration as we travel along. Thank you for the opportunity to find such work here!

    1. Thanks Vicki

      That makes me a “Young Nomad” as well. Maybe I should re-name the site!
      You’ll find plenty of work and follow us on Facebook while you travel to get new job notifications.
      Right now, most of the employers are like the rest of Australia – on holidays.
      But there will be plenty of jobs coming up.

      Graham

    2. Just wondering how you got on Vicki ? we are also “Young 50’s Nomads lol is there work out there? how did you start, how did you get on? are you will travelling/working, so many questions, we just want to throw everything up in the air and go for it 😀 Regards Deb

  4. Went to add our information but they would not save. So will try later.

    1. Thanks for letting me know. I will check it out and fix any problem.

      Graham

    2. I am pretty sure this is fixed now.
      I needed to allocate more memory to the site because there is a lot of activity!

  5. Hello I am Alistair my wife Judy and I are currently care taking a mine sit in Western Australia our duties include the maintenance of gen sets, water boars, solar. air strip, all maintenance of the camp organizing contactors, maintaining small 4×4 fleet front end loader backhoe cleaning, organizing all the ordering for the camp, cooking when needed we are just mum and dad cooks
    also we are 250k from nearest town so we are used to the isolation we drive this once a week for the food shopping. 500k round trip
    there is to much to list as you can gather so if you have a position vacant please don’t hesitate to email us or you can call us my number is 0407510171 or 08 62634119
    Thanks
    Alistair & Judy

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