If you're over 50 and pounding the pavement for a job these days, you can face certain challenges. On average, it takes someone aged 55 or older three months longer to find a job than a younger person.
Your struggle to find employment results in disappointment at a gut level. Others are furious, discouraged, and dumbfounded by their inability to land a job that suits their experience and desired salary. They pick up part-time consulting jobs to keep afloat, zap resumes into the black hole of online resume bins, wait for a response, and pull their hair out. They have graduate degrees and once held executive and management positions.
If you're 50+ and looking for a job, feeling inferior isn't so unusual. You feel like a castoff in today's job market.
What are you up against? Some employers figure your salary demands are out of their ballpark and that if they hire you for less, you'll resent it and probably jump ship if you get a better offer. They often perceive, true or not, that you're set in your ways or lack the cutting-edge skills or even the energy to do the job. Then, some hiring managers might surmise that you have age-related health problems or are likely to, and that will be a problem if you take too much time off for periodic sick leave.
In this episode, you'll discover:
how to prepare both professionally and financially to start out on a new adventure
where the best opportunities for new employment lie
how to find profitable and rewarding jobs to save for retirement
how to cast a wide net to find an opportunity that fits different workers who want different things from their jobs
incredible insights into working after 50
About Kerry Hannon:
Kerry Hannon is a workplace futurist and a leading strategist on career management, entrepreneurship, personal finance, and retirement. She is a frequent TV, podcast, and radio commentator and sought-after keynote speaker at conferences.
Kerry is the bestselling and award-winning author of 14 books, including In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in the New World of Work and Never Too Old to Get Rich: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting a Business Mid-Life, a number one bestseller on Amazon and selected by the Washington Post for its Book-of-the-Month Club.
Kerry is currently a senior columnist and on-air expert at Yahoo Finance. She was previously an expert columnist, opinion writer, and regular contributor to the New York Times, MarketWatch, and Forbes, and was the PBS website NextAvenue.org personal finance and entrepreneur expert. She has also worked as a writer, columnist, and editor for USA Today, US News & World Report, and Money magazine and as a contributor to the Wall Street Journal.
Kerry lives in Washington, DC, and Boston, Virginia, with her husband, documentary producer and editor Cliff Hackel, and her Labrador retriever, Elmore "Elly."
Get in touch with Kerry Hannon:
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Strategies for 50+ Job Hunters with Dorian Mintzer and Kerry Hannon