Internet marketing is, in my opinion, the best response to age discrimination. When enough over-forty folks can tell their employers, “Take this job and…” you’ll see a whole new respect emerging from employers. But you can’t just head for the Internet unprepared. Thousands (maybe millions) of people hear stories of Internet millionaires (or at least […]
Career Advice and Opinions
Job Search: “Getting rejection letters for six months…”
Job search involves rejection – but how much is too much? Every so often I get emails from mid-life executives who say, “I was laid off six months ago. I’ve got a big stack of rejHavction letters. Must be age discrimination.” You are right. Age discrimination is alive and well in the US and probably […]
Are you sucked into cubicle-think?
Some time ago I decided to teach some onlne classes. It was lucrative and fun; after all, I still miss teaching from time to time. And at frst that’s what it was: a fun gig. But after awhile, I found myself getting sucked into thinking like I was an employee again. I call this cubicle-think, […]
Facing age discrimination? Get thee to the Internet…
Age discrimination is real. I would never encourage anyone to forego a job search and start a business. But sometimes starting your own business is faster than pounding on pavements and mailing out resumes. When you have downtime during a job search, I would say, Investigate the Internet. Nobody cares what you look like. And […]
Mid-Life Careers on Blog Talk Radio
New Saturday morning BlogTalkRadio show. You can join me at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/midlifecareergame This show will feature a Career Q&A and some tips and techniques for 21st Century Career Change.. We start at 8:30 AM Paciifc (11:30 AM Eastern) every Saturday. You can go there now to hear the last show or download as an mp3 file. […]
A really good post on educational resources for mid-life and beyond: Go here.