Career and Jobs Tips

Here are five ideas the after 50 job seeker can use to level the playing field:

1. Change your way of thinking. If you think old, act old and constantly talk about the past: guess what? You will be thought of as old and probably out of touch.

Change your way of thinking. You are not old, you’re experienced. Get physically active. Learn new skills. Study and acquire new qualifications. Think and discuss the future. Stay positive and project the right attitude. Do these things and the age issue will fade away.
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To be able to succeed in your job search, you need to be able to show your employer the skills that they are looking for. You can do this by preparing for your job interview. However, ordinary preparation for an interview will not be as effective with interviews found in a warehouse job search. Warehouse jobs are unique so they also require a unique way of handling applicants. Therefore, preparation is different then with ordinary preparation for ordinary job interviews.
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You sent a focused and well written thank you letter the day after the job interview. You did everything right. Now comes the bad news. Either you get a letter of rejection or more likely you make a follow-up phone call and are told they hired someone else. Rejections, fall into three main areas; they feel you won’t be able to do the job, you lack a key skill or qualification or you would not fit in with the culture of the department or the company.
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Reactions to this type of change can be like a roller-coaster, up one day and down the next. Yet it has been found that success in job hunting and career change is not so much knowing the nuts-and-bolts of managing a job hunting campaign but staying motivated, keeping a positive attitude and retaining confidence in your abilities. Here are some critical ideas and questions to keep you motivated and on an even keel in your job hunting campaign or career change efforts:
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1. Are you sending the same generic resume for every opportunity? This shotgun approach might hit some targets but they might not be the targets you were aiming for. You might miss your target all together. It’s a waste of your time and money to send the same resume for every opportunity. In fact, it can be detrimental. You may have identified the right company as a fit for your skills and abilities and sending the wrong resume could pigeonhole you at a level that is well below where you should be. It could be hard to recover from that. You want to send a resume that is as precise a fit as you can make it so you make it past the gatekeepers and get beyond a label you don’t want. You could have failed to make the impression you wanted to make and wind up with an interview for an entry level job or no interview at all when you know you’re a good fit for the company and the industry. It’s frustrating.
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If you never got a definitive answer from them, then you have no way of speculating as to why you didn’t get a callback. All you know for sure is what they or the recruiter told you. That’s it. Any sort of speculation or assumptions on your part are just that, assumptions. You don’t work at that company, you do not know why you haven’t received a call. You have absolutely nothing to lose by just checking in with them to see what the status is.
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You will increase your chances of receiving a job offer when you form the habit of following up an interview in a timely manner with an e-mail, a hand-written thank-you note and a phone call.

Smart job seekers make the extra effort to follow up for the following four reasons:
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Here are some best practices to help you ace in your next job interview.

1. Don’t Wing It

Always attend job interviews with proper preparation. The areas you should spend time to explore are as follows:
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1. The CV is what will get you in the door for a job interview. Make certain this is as well written as possible. Your qualifications, job experience and results are what the employer will be looking at when making the decision of who to interview for this opening.
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You showed up fifteen minutes early. Awesome for you, unfortunately not all employers feel the same way. It can be annoying for an employer to have an interview show up while they are still trying to finish up the interview before you. It’s good to be punctual, and even early in most cases. Five minutes early is acceptable. If you show up earlier than that, just sit in your car for a few minutes. Listen to the radio and meditate on why you are the best candidate for the job. Then five minutes before your scheduled interview, head on in.
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