[...]... strengths and watching out for those age ambushes.” And, indications are that within the next few years, the demand for people of your age in the workplace will be increasing because the next generation is smaller Stop listening to the naysayers Relax, get involved with this book, and get your career on track! Who Is Gail Geary? Over-40 Job Search Guide: Ten Strategies for Making Your Age an Advantage in Your. .. your job campaign Be specific Advantage or Strength Where Can I Use It? How Will I State It? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Comparing Age- Related Advantages and Strengths How do your advantages and strengths compare with those of other people in the over-40 age group? Following are some of the comments people in career transition make about their age- related strengths and how they plan to use these strengths in. .. Contacts Your age advantage is particularly important in the career- transition process in terms of your ability to network yourself into an information meeting or interview, but how does it benefit a potential employer? Following is how Shara used this advantage for a potential sales position ■ In my resume, I will say that my broad network of insurance clients and prospects will assist in accelerated... discontented in your current career, or reentering the job market after a number of nonworking years, the process of reinventing yourself and your career can be confusing, but highly rewarding Before taking this leap, you should ask yourself the following questions: ■ Am I deeply intrigued by a different position and industry and up to the double challenge of mastering a new position and a new industry? ■ Can... changing industries 11 CHAPTER 1 Choosing a Similar Position in a Different Industry As you reexamine your career interests, you may find that your position still interests you, but you no longer feel positive about working in the same industry The industry may not be financially healthy, hiring, and age diverse, or you may no longer find that it supports other elements of your ideal career such as your. .. open your eyes and take a look at your fears Use your heightened awareness of the possibilities of age discrimination to give you increased energy for a proactive job search, which involves promoting the age- related advantages that you have over a younger 17 CHAPTER 2 worker This chapter will help you identify your advantages and overcome the stereotypes you might face Identifying Your Age- Related Advantages... position in the same industry, and I thought to myself, “Why does she still want to work in a retail environment, which is not notably age diverse and has been in a downsizing mode?” And, “Can she compete with a 35-year-old candidate?” This was before I met Jean in person I interviewed Jean formally in a video mock-interviewing session and later at a networking event after she landed her dream job I had... achievements in her teaching and recruiting experience While networking with a neighbor, she found an ideal adult teaching position in a career- transition firm, teaching adults job search skills The firm provided on-the -job training, which built on her former teaching experience She is on the adjunct staff, which means that she has many days off to enjoy her marriage and home, and to play a mean game of... begin to make a decision 7 CHAPTER 1 Staying in the Same Industry The first commandment of career transition, and often the most difficult to follow, is to choose a career that is marketable A marketable career is one that you can secure before your severance or career transition budget runs out and you tap deeply and dangerously into your retirement income The most obvious choice is to search for. .. presents workshops, coaches career- transition clients, conducts mock interviewing sessions, and presents negotiation and self-marketing labs for Right Management Consultants For the last three years, she has conducted a special workshop, “How to Use Age as an Advantage in Your Career Search. ” As if that weren’t enough, Gail is a member of the Georgia and Atlanta Bar Associations and uses her expertise to . and Promote Your Age Advantages Identifying Your Age- Related Advantages 18 Comparing Age- Related Advantages and Strengths 19 Overcoming Age- Related Stereotypes 24 Staying Focused Throughout Your Career. listening to the naysayers. Relax, get involved with this book, and get your career on track! Who Is Gail Geary? Over-40 Job Search Guide: Ten Strategies for Making Your Age an Advantage in Your Career. Creative Solutions for Home Office Clutter, and Creating Win-Win Situations with Difficult People. 10 STRATEGIES FOR MAKING YOUR AGE AN ADVANTAGE IN YOUR CAREER Over 40 Cover 8/31/4 10: 07 AM Page 1 TeAM YYePG Digitally