Four Survival Tips for Older Job Seekers by Joe Turner Are you an "older worker"?
Don't feel bad, I am too. Hanging on in today's major recession has proven to be a monumental task. Many job seekers have lost that battle already.
It's a tough world today, much changed from a few short months ago. 2009 has brought with it the harsh ...
Older Workers: Use Your Age to Your Advantage by Joe Turner While it's true that not all employers will be gung-ho about hiring, or even retaining, older workers in the coming years, the overall statistics might well be on your side, if you're 50+ years. As has been reported often enough, the limited numbers of workers in the Gen-Y age group will n...
Changing Careers After 50: The Baby Boom Generation by Mary G. White It is becoming more and more common to see people over the age of 50 changing careers. In decades past, many people stayed in the same career, and sometimes even the same job, for virtually all of their working lives. However, times have changed and it is becoming very common for people to...
Older Workers: Don't Take a Backseat in the Hiring Process by Joe Turner Does age-bias exist in the hiring process today? That's a tricky question as it's often hard to prove yet many mature workers seem to face more of an uphill battle when competing against Gen-Xer's and Yer's today.
Here are five pointers for those job hunters who may have a few years un...
What You Should Know About Working After Retirement by Mary G. White Have you given any thought to what you're going to do to occupy your time once you retire from your primary occupation? Many people look forward to having an opportunity to retire, only to realize that they were really much happier when they were gainfully employed. More and more, retirees...
Five Secrets to Fitting into the Workplace Upon Career Reentry by Marcia Robinson So you have executed a successful career reentry job search and landed a new job and you are anxious to get started building your new career in a new company. Once you get over your new employee fears and get oriented to your new space, you will find it takes more than smiles and kind word...
Resume Tips for Mature Professionals by Marcia Robinson If you are over 55 years old, considering career reentry and have concerns about age discrimination in the interview, you are not alone. Research by AARP shows that workplace discrimination against older people, is pervasive. AARP surveys revealed that that nearly 40 percent of people feel...
Career Success Strategies for Professional Over 40 by Abby Locke Less energy, high health and life insurance costs, higher salary expectations and unwillingness to learn new technology. A recent study released by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College indicated that many companies have reservations about hiring older workers because of the...
Back to Work After Retirement? by Mary Gormandy White Many individuals are choosing to re-enter the workforce after retiring from their primary careers. Whether out of economic necessity, a desire to remain active, or to pursue alternate career paths, it's a fact that many individuals are staying in the workforce well past the traditional ret...
Am I Too Old to Switch Careers? by Betty Cohen As an experienced career-counseling practitioner, a question I am asked most often is: “I am over 40 years old; is it too late for me to make a career change?”
The short, off-the-cuff answer is, “Of course not.” But, given the chance to respond in a more thorough fashion, I prefer to a...
Why You Need a Personal Brand by Jean Cummings What do the most successful people over 50 have in common?
They know and express who they are. They have honed and communicated their professional identity and made others aware of their personal attributes – their expertise, talents, and deepest commitments. In other words, these peop...
Personal Branding? At My Age? by Walter Akana Whenever I talk about personal branding with mid-career people, I often notice a look that suggests just a bit of skepticism, even if they seem to be agreeing. I can almost hear them thinking, “Personal branding?
Older Workers Can Benefit From Work-Ethic Stereotype by Linda K. Rolie, M.A., CVC One of the fastest growing segments of the work force is people aged 55 to 68. Many of these individuals are transitioning because of some kind of personal or organizational change. A smaller percentage is dismissed from jobs due to performance. Some are returning to the work force after a...
Resume Writing 101: What's In a Name? by Tracy Laswell Valdez In the last five years as a career services professional, I have found that approximately 90% of my clients are hell-bent on having their name appear on their resumes as follows:
"George M. Smith" or "Susan W. Dingle"
It ends up on the resume only about 5% of the time. I will, natu...
Changing of the Guard: The Generations in the Workplace by Leigh Moore Recently I delivered a presentation at the Federally Employed Women (FEW) conference in Cocoa Beach, Florida on the generations in the workplace. For the first time in the history of the U.S. we have 4 generations in corporate America — Traditionalists / Veterans, Baby Boomers, Gen-Xers a...
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The AARP Foundation is the Association’s affiliated charity. Foundation programs provide security, protection and empowerment for older persons in need.
Experience Works is a national, nonprofit organization that provides training and employment services for mature workers. Established in 1965 as Green Thumb, and renamed Experience Works in 2002, the organization reaches more than 125,000 mature individuals in all 50 states and Puerto Rico each year.
