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

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 Features: *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