How well is your job search going? If you’re a midlife jobseeker, you've probably dealt with your share of disappointments. In fact, you’re likely fed up with being passed over—watching the jobs go to younger, less experienced candidates. But what if you could learn a few simple, yet powerful job search techniques that would change all of that? What if you could get the skills to successfully navigate the market of today and maximize your chances for landing your next position—and, better yet, find work you will enjoy? If you think that's unlikely to happen for you, think again. LAND THE JOB YOU LOVE will act as your very own career counselor/outplacement coach (minus the time and expense) and provide you with the critical tools and dynamic methods of approach that will help you land that job you've been looking for!
Updated and expanded in February 2013, LAND THE JOB YOU LOVE boasts a new look as well as 14 additional pages of cutting-edge information and proven strategies that will give you the edge over the competition and help you turn your age into an advantage. In fact, for the cost of a couple of coffee drinks, LAND THE JOB YOU LOVE will deliver far more than a jolt of caffeine. It will serve as your go-to, comprehensive guide for all of the information you’ll need for job search success: how to highlight your strengths to best advantage, present yourself with skill and confidence, and make that all-important winning impression in person and on your resume. Each strategy comes with insider tips and action steps where you simply fill in the blanks and clearly lay out your goals.
After weeks (maybe months) of discouragement and wasted effort, you can imagine how good it will feel to watch these easy, yet power-packed strategies make a real and positive impact on your own job search. As America’s #1 Interview Coach, Carole Martin noted: “LAND THE JOB YOU LOVE should be read by anyone over 50 who is out there competing in today’s difficult market. This book’s up-to-date techniques are certain to produce results! ”
The critical tips you will learn:
• The #1 key that can make or break your job search
• How to stress your achievements and demonstrate the added value you'll bring to your next position
• How to optimize your contacts and use social media to obtain critical leads and referrals
• How to proactively target companies and meet key decision-makers
• How to network your way into the hidden job market
• How to write the strongest resume for older applicants, grab the reviewer's attention, and highlight your skills and experience
• How to create a cover letter to immediately draw the reader's interest and make them want to meet you
• How to respond to difficult behavioral style and age-related interview questions
• How to make a dynamic first impression, ace the interview, and become the candidate of choice!
• And much, much more.
Given today’s competitive market and the unfortunate ageism aimed at older applicants, you'll need the right tools to present your talents and skills to best advantage. So learn the surefire strategies that will set you apart, distinguish you as the valuable candidate you are, and turn your age into a value-added advantage. After all, once you’ve hit 50, you’ve more than earned the right to be happily employed, feel successful, and create a secure future for your loved ones and yourself.
Updated and expanded in February 2013, LAND THE JOB YOU LOVE boasts a new look as well as 14 additional pages of cutting-edge information and proven strategies that will give you the edge over the competition and help you turn your age into an advantage. In fact, for the cost of a couple of coffee drinks, LAND THE JOB YOU LOVE will deliver far more than a jolt of caffeine. It will serve as your go-to, comprehensive guide for all of the information you’ll need for job search success: how to highlight your strengths to best advantage, present yourself with skill and confidence, and make that all-important winning impression in person and on your resume. Each strategy comes with insider tips and action steps where you simply fill in the blanks and clearly lay out your goals.
After weeks (maybe months) of discouragement and wasted effort, you can imagine how good it will feel to watch these easy, yet power-packed strategies make a real and positive impact on your own job search. As America’s #1 Interview Coach, Carole Martin noted: “LAND THE JOB YOU LOVE should be read by anyone over 50 who is out there competing in today’s difficult market. This book’s up-to-date techniques are certain to produce results! ”
The critical tips you will learn:
• The #1 key that can make or break your job search
• How to stress your achievements and demonstrate the added value you'll bring to your next position
• How to optimize your contacts and use social media to obtain critical leads and referrals
• How to proactively target companies and meet key decision-makers
• How to network your way into the hidden job market
• How to write the strongest resume for older applicants, grab the reviewer's attention, and highlight your skills and experience
• How to create a cover letter to immediately draw the reader's interest and make them want to meet you
• How to respond to difficult behavioral style and age-related interview questions
• How to make a dynamic first impression, ace the interview, and become the candidate of choice!
• And much, much more.
Given today’s competitive market and the unfortunate ageism aimed at older applicants, you'll need the right tools to present your talents and skills to best advantage. So learn the surefire strategies that will set you apart, distinguish you as the valuable candidate you are, and turn your age into a value-added advantage. After all, once you’ve hit 50, you’ve more than earned the right to be happily employed, feel successful, and create a secure future for your loved ones and yourself.
