Finding a job or making a career change can often prove to be a “job” in itself. And it’s a job for which most people get no formal training. Effective job searching requires research and strategy as well as old-fashioned common sense. There’s plenty of help available if you look. We recommend this free webinar: GET…
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.…
An Insider’s Job Search eBook: What Really Works To Find A New Job We have created this series of eBooks, divided into four stand-alone sections, written as a series for the man or woman who is making a transition from one job to another, or who wants to find employment after being laid off. Each…
This eGuide consists of four separate sections. You may have acquired one, or more, of these sections. Each section is self-contained, and can be used stand-alone. Each was designed to fully explain a single subject, so you can absorb it easily to improve an important part of your job search. Each deals with a Critical…
If you are an older skilled worker who is in the market for a job you should be taking advantage of the significant benefits LinkedIn can bring to your job search: including warm leads into companies or to people you are targeting, the possibility of creating new job leads through recruiters who frequently use the…
Whatever Happened to my Resume? Astronomers define a black hole as a region of space from which nothing, including light, can escape. I have often heard job seekers refer to the application process as a “black hole where resumes go, never to be heard from again”. Did you ever wonder why this is? Considering the…
Whenever Robert Skladany conducts workshops for job seekers over age 50, he hears one word again and again: résumés. Among the men and women in these groups – some unemployed, others reentering the workforce – a common concern predominates. “They feel they are not at all familiar with contemporary résumés,” says Mr. Skladany, vice president…
8 Activities to Cope with Stress During A Job Search. Contributing Writer: Ilissa Banhazl, Marriage and Family Therapy, 2011 Getting older can be humbling for some of us, especially if you are trying to find a new career in today’s job market. The economy has led to workers of all ages being let go.…
