Fifty And Older Job Market Issues

Fifty And Older Job Market Issues Due to the job markets lately, there are a lot of older generation employees wondering how to get hired. The key is recognizing and remembering that your work experience can play a supportive role as well as a leadership role with organizations. The two need not be mutually exclusive. If youre over 50, youve probably had the experience of being labeled as overqualified. And in response to this unwanted job-search slur, youve probably done what any intelligent, ambitious individual would do: Dumb yourself down on your resume. A good move, but what does this do to your career confidence? If todays market is telling you repeatedly in rejection emails that they are not concerned with your achievements, its no wonder your self esteem is shaky. As an over 50 job candidate, you have a unique challenge to struggle with during the interview. Even though the interviewers are telling you that you are overqualified, you are suddenly feeling very inexperienced. This is because youre overqualified because of the simple length of your resume, the style of your suit, color of your hair, and lingo in your business repertoire. Youre under qualified because you may lack some understanding of todays rapidly evolving technologies, flattened infrastructure, and business culture. Coming to terms with this before the interview is an essential component to building back your career confidence. Be confident that you could do many of the job duties of the interviewer just as easily in the pre-computer generation. That doesnt make you stupid. Many people couldnt do a lot of jobs if it werent for computer programs helping them along. Figure out your strengths and what you can bring to the table as far as being able take on a leadership role. It will still be a learning experience but we all have to learn something sometime. Its important to know multiple aspects of your professional self prior to your job search, and its important to know how to present them to your next employer on paper and in person.