Tips for Submitting Job Applications Online
Applications can be tricky and picky, particularly if you’re someone who is over 50 and you’re big selling points are your integrity and charisma and you’re required to submit the application online. Applications provide little, if any, opportunity to showcase such strengths. But as impersonal and restrictive as they may be, formal applications are required […]
Age Discrimination – How To Handle It In Your Job Search: Kerry Lends Her Expertise
The following is an interview conducted by Forbes Contributor Kathy Caprino For this series, I’ve reached out to a number of fellow experts and contributors on Forbes and beyond to help me tackle this critical, yet elusive issue. Today’s post features the insights of Kerry Hannon, who is AARP’s jobs expert, and award-winning author of What’s […]
CBS News: Kerry’s Tips on Job Hunting for 50+ Workers
Many workers over 50 know what it feels like to have a hiring manager peer across the desk wearing a skeptical expression. You can guess what they are thinking — that you aren’t in it for the long haul, that you won’t play well with younger workers (or bosses). You’re set in your ways. You […]
7 Moves Older Job Hunters Must Make
Many workers over 50 know the feeling of a hiring manager looking across the desk at them and seeing their “expiration” date. They think you aren’t in it for the long haul. You won’t play well with younger workers (or bosses). You’re set in your ways. You are a techno-averse. And, worst of all, you […]
Kerry’s Expert Tips on StarTribune: Over 50, working against time in America’s harsh job market
As hard as he tried, Michael Duffy couldn’t find a job to match the one he’d lost. For two decades he earned six figures selling equipment to factories. But at 62, he kept getting turned away, one job interview after another. So last fall he started at Starbucks. He wears a green apron, wipes tables, […]
State of the Union and Older Americans: Kerry’s Expert Advice on Next Avenue
Pundits are saying President Obama’s State of the Union focused on small-bore ideas. But for older Americans looking for help from Washington to find work or to save for retirement, I’d say it was more like small beer. Below are the key proposals from the speech plus views about them from experts I’ve consulted and […]
Kerry’s Expert Tips on Daily News: Unemployment for seniors and how to find work
This week’s column is different from the usual question-and-answer format. I would like to share some thoughts from participating in the AARP conference Work@50+ recently held at the Long Beach Convention Center. The attendance was exceptional — 1, 000 people with at least three-quarters of them looking for work. It’s one thing to read the […]
Kerry’s Expert Tips on NPR: For Jobless Over 50, A Challenging Search For Work
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — When Charlie Worboys lost his job, he feared searching for a new one at his age might be tough. Six years later, at 65, he’s still looking. Luanne Lynch, 57, was laid off three times in the past decade and previous layoffs brought jobs with a lower salary; this time she […]
Job Hunting for Older Americans
What are Americans most worried about, saving for retirement, or having a secure job? According to a recent survey by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute, workers and retirees alike identify job uncertainty as the most pressing financial issue facing most Americans today. The survey canvassed 251 retirees and 1,003 workers, ages 25 and older, in January. There […]
