After spending three years working on a documentary which focuses on underrepresented job seekers including experienced workers — title sEVEN — two questions that popped up during the process have stayed with me. The first is: Why don’t employers reco… Continue reading
The holidays can be a stressful – and expensive – time of year, especially if you want to find a job. So to help lighten the load, I’ve compiled this guide of 12 free resources. Enjoy – and here’s to your career success in 2019! Resources for Job Seeke… Continue reading
This article is excerpted from TAKING THE WORK OUT OF NETWORKING: An Introvert’s Guide to Making Connections That Count by Karen Wickre. Copyright © 2018 by Karen Wickre. Reprinted by permission of Touchstone, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.) … Continue reading
(This article is adapted from Ambition Redefined:Why the Corner Office Doesn’t Work for Every Woman and What to Do Instead by Kathryn Sollmann.) Job seekers tend to blame everyone but themselves for a job search that does not reap results after many mo… Continue reading
With the holiday season upon us, this can be an ideal time to pick up extra income by having a seasonal side hustle. Here are a seven possibilities for part-time jobs, often in the gig economy: Retail and Lodging Jobs Earnings potential: $10 to $15 per… Continue reading
Recovering from a career setback? Looking to pivot to a second-act career? If your game plan is to send out resumés and hope for the best, you’ll quickly find that the old ways of approaching this kind of challenge aren’t working today. That’s why a go… Continue reading
If you’re over 50, do you worry that your age might hurt your job prospects? Sadly, you could be right. As my Next Avenue editor Richard Eisenberg recently wrote, it now takes the average 55+ job seeker seven to eight months to find a job compared with… Continue reading
Getting a job in your 50s or 60s certainly isn’t easy, but new and somewhat surprising employment data suggests that prospects and pay are improving, especially for older job switchers. One big reason? The tightest labor market in nearly two decades, c… Continue reading
You may think you have the “perfect” resumé, but a hiring manager — who is looking for specific things — may disagree. Here are seven reasons why your resumé may have been rejected: 1. Too much focus on background and experience that is irrelevant to t… Continue reading
A little over two years ago, the leaders of Los Angeles and L.A. County unveiled Purposeful Aging Los Angeles, their plan to make L.A. “the most age-friendly” place in the world. The idea is more than nice; it’s essential: The LA region’s older adult p… Continue reading