Why Are You Having Trouble Getting Hired And What Can You Fix? There are a few things you cannot fix that could hinder your chances for getting a new job. You cannot, by yourself, fix the national unemployment rates. You also cannot fix the fact that getting a new job is much tougher, statistically,...
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Some Old Jobs Are Back! When I was a young professional in the computer field, my coworkers and I all talked about how it was almost impossible to go into our father’s profession as some of our own fathers had done. So many professions, it seemed, were drying up. New professions, like working with...
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Do You Need To Change Careers At Midlife ? This website has published some very popular articles on over 50 career changes. They cover topics like fast track career training or top jobs for midlife career changes. Many of these articles concentrated on jobs that could be picked up very quickly as many older...
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How’s Your Business Buzz Word IQ? If you are still walking around the office telling your coworkers that their efforts to meet deadlines and quotas are just swell, you may need to update your office slang. Of course, some of these terms are not that new. But some of us have missed the business...
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Does Your Resume Date You As An Older Worker? With all of the buzz about high unemployment rates for older workers, I think it is time to analyze the problems and attack them. One issue that many 50+ job seekers have is employing an outdated resume template so that the resume is not presenting...
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What Do You Do?” by Shelly Scriba of www.myboomer2boomer.com We’ve all heard the question. It is one of the first things we ask when we meet someone new. It is how we Baby Boomers too often measure our worth, our image, our contributions in life. It’s a flaw and we know it’s wrong but we...
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