Over-40 Job Search Guide: 10 Strategies for Making Your Age an Advantage in Your Career

by Gail Geary

The only career transition guide to exclusively provide workable solutions for the reemployment issues of over-40 year-old workers. The book shows readers how to present their age as an advantage to employers rather than a disadvantage. The book also boldly addresses midlife career transition issues by providing cutting-edge information, fresh strategies, and timely solutions. Captivating case studies from the author’s extensive work with over-40 job seekers engage readers and arm them for the real world. Key *Checklists and assessments for career guidance
*Tips on avoiding and overcoming age-discrimination and cultural-misfit stereotyping
*Steps to finding the 10 advantages of age in a career search
*Clues on how to avoid common interview mistakes
*Strategies for networking and Internet job searches
*Hints on whether to take the entrepreneur route
*Simple resumes for over-40 job seekers, and tips for creating "ageless" resumes
*Online and print resources for more help
*Strategies for dealing with the emotional and financial strains of looking for a job
*A chapter on finding a new career after retirement

244 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2004

Reviews

[Julie H. Ernstein · Rating 4 out of 5]

Women are advised to color their hair, interview conversations include inappropriate (if not illegal!) questions regarding age and length of time remaining in the workforce, etc. This book offers sage advice for how to turn what is all-too-frequently seen as a negative (i.e., being 40 or older and on the market) into a positive. This is a very helpful book, and I recommend it without reservation.

[Mark · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fair reAd for a novice job hunter. Good primer