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Fastest Way To Get A Job. Confidence!

Career Search Webinar

Join The Interns Over 40 Ask The Career Expert Webinar With Peggy McKee. Do you feel that you lack confidence in your interviewing skills? Guess what most older job candidates feel just like you. Career Confidential CEO Peggy McKee gives you 4 methods for gaining confidence in the job interview if you are over 40.…

Branding Yourself in Mid Life

Branding In Midlife

Marva Goldsmith is an insightful writer who  knows what it is to reinvent yourself as an older worker. Part of the game is how you look. Do you look 60 or 20? What is appropriate for a seasoned skilled worker to wear to a job interview? Her book on Branding Over 50 offers some insight.…

Age Discrimination: 10 Things that Demean Older People

“10 Microaggressions Older People Will Recognize Immediately” From the Huffington Post Editor’s Note: There are subtle things younger people say and do that demean older people every day. TV ads are glutted with culturally and technically out-of-touch older people. If you’re over 40 (yes, it starts young), and looking for a new job or making…

Is Age Discrimination Inevitable?

From the New York Times “To Get a Job in Your 50’s, Maintain Friendships in Your 40’s” Editor’s Note: This article does not argue the existence of age discrimination – job seekers over 50 were unemployed 5.8 weeks longer than those from the ages of 30 to 49. The author suggests that when you have a job, you…

COMMON SENSE ABOUT RESUMES

A number of recent articles, including one in the New York Times, “Can I Hire Someone to Write My Résumé and Cover Letter?” by the Ethicist, question whether you should write your own resume -presumably to show off your writing skills – or whether you ought to hire someone to do it. Since I regularly write…

Is Your Career Stuck Or In Reverse? Need A Career Overhaul?

5 Career Transition Questions You Should Know The Answer To. What is my Purpose? What are my career abilities? ‚  Is my current career dead or killing me? (aka “I am miserable”) What skills do I have that are transferable to a new job? Where should I be looking for my new career? If you are…