Employment after 50
Are the boomers in
for a bust?
Currently it seems that way, with high
unemployment and the competition for high paying
positions middle class boomers are finding it harder
to latch onto that position and salary range that
they were once used too.
The trend in tactics to try to get past the
screening process is to avoid dates on resume or CV,
but that only throws out a Red Flag to employers,
with a little more digging, and with sites like
www.intelius.com, employers can
easy gather information for free.
Another way that
+50 employment seekers are facing is the little
discrimination game is when employers ask for
information about when they attend college. It's
almost disgraceful and almost improvable. And with
companies like http://www.intelius.com it is easy to
find out general information about a prospective
employee almost immediately without a fee. For
another $49 you can find out almost anything.
The only thing to stay ahead of the game in this
economy, or any economy for that matter, is to make
sure you are more competitive and better equipped to
handle the opportunities made available. Those
include staying ahead of the latest trends in your
industry and continually make yourself better that
your competition. Get you act together, exercise,
read, network-network-network, join user groups in
your area, do as much as you can to be as busy as
you can.
You have to understand that many of the people
now reviewing your resume may be half you're age,
and sorry to say this is the period in life when
"You Are Old".
Keep in mind you have more experience, knowledge,
you know what to do and not to do, and you still can
get the job done in half the time with less effort.
This is the companies loss not really yours.
Don't get to anxious out there yet, make sure you
do your homework, with the high unemployment there
are many companies popping up just to take advantage
of the situation.
Don't get to discouraged out there things will
improve and if you have made any plans or can
develop a plan to get by the hardest part we all
make it in the end.
A couple a link that may help are below;
AARP Job Hunting
AARP Top 50 Companies to Work For |
