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Is the tide starting to turn for 50-plus jobseekers? Are employers starting to feel the crunch? Maybe so. Home Depot, self-declared 50-plus friendly, has been advertising on the radio. They are aggressively recruiting. On AM radio. Who listens to the news/traffic station? Me, obviously. Typically working commuters over 45. Driving, listening for traffic [...]
Here is some great inside info for jobseekers looking to get noticed by recruiters:FORTY-ONE per cent of recruiters say jobseekers can best attract their attention by engaging in regular social interactions, taking out membership in business or trade associations, attending conferences and seminars, and getting involved with alumni organizations. For executives, the best [...]
Just the other day I was listening to an broadcast report on the railroads. From what I understood (still searching corroboration for these figures) in the US, the Department of Transportation is anticipating about 5000 job openings.
Why is the railroad industry picking up? With gas prices ever higher, rail transport is [...] What are your resolutions for 2007 and beyond? If you don’t know what they are yet, don’t you want to figure them out? And if you do know what they are, what plan do you have in place to achieve them?
Due to requests from many different cities and countries, I’m reworking [...] Quick tips for all the 50 Plus Jobseekers out there. 1. The number one day for job search is Monday. (You’d think that people would search NOT on work hours…but interestingly, weekends are the slowest times! So…Jobseekers are searching for new jobs while working for their current employers. Ouch.) Most companies schedule their [...]
My mother doesn’t know exactly who Jimi Hendrix was. My mother, an intelligent, well-read, politically-savvy, insightful and articulate genius, really is not sure who Jimi was. Why? Because while Hendrix was reinventing electric guitar, my mother was raising four children under the age of five years old. While the sixties revolution was in [...]
Today I was pondering career possibilities in the new flavor of the day sector: healthcare. And as my “spidey-sense” was a-tingling searching for connections, I discovered (or was discovered by) Satisfaction Magazine. Focused on the Boomer and 50 plus demographic, Editorial Director Mark Miller does bring it home. They have just added a [...]
If you were a child of the sixties, your parents could not relate to the “revolution” — the music, the free love, the drug counterculture, the clothes, the hair, the hair, the hair.That gap is happening again. With Gen Y (aka ,Echo Boomers and Millennium Generation) the generation born between 1981 and 1995, [...]
I frequently receive questions through “Ask Wendy” on the Gen Plus blog. This one addresses the heart of the issues surrounding 50 plus jobseekers.I am 52 and have been unemployed, after 30 years in Banking, for the last 4 years. How can I convince others that I don’t care if I’m over qualified [...]
The Chicago Sun-Times has produced a solid piece on frequently asked questions regarding employment after 50. Give it a read. There are some good tips. The hard reality is that revving yourself up for job search at 50 plus requires marathon training…including relearning things you always took for granted. Like learning to ride [...]
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