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A Career Management Primer For People Over 40

ReputationProfessor-Com Primer By Tony Jacowski.

Actually, the age factor is now a myth. The advantages of being a worker over forty are many, including having stronger work ethics, higher productivity, more patience, and a higher level of willingness to learn.

In addition, older workers often have a better, more cooperative attitude than younger associates.

Dispelling the Age Myth

Primarily, the age aspect can be overcome by marketing yourself well. The richness of experience that you have is your greatest strength. Having had varied job positions contribute to your qualifications, as you have been exposed to a varied strata of people, situations and work settings.

All this helps in a number of ways - such as problem solving, making presentations, writing reports and meeting high work standards and expectations. With specialized industrial expertise, employee reliability and empowerment to gauge situational angles, this age group is viewed positively by many employers.

All in all, general life wisdom possessed by workers over 40 contributes to their ability to handle different, complex business situations.

Managing Your Career

An important point to remember is that if you are over 40, you are in the prime of your career, as long as you keep updating yourself with the latest skills and on the newest advances in technology.

With updated information, you will definitely be able to prove yourself an asset any company. Your experience and familiarity with varied responsibilities will bet the most important aspect of what you have to offer.

If you perceive that your age could be a problem with a particular company, makes sure that you understand what concerns the interviewer may have. Chances are that if you project a professional image and are positive and upbeat, they will see that you are the right person to handle that particular job with the efficiency that they expect.

Career Management for People Over 40

Simply put, career management is about regularly reviewing your skills, interests and financial needs and what you’d like to do over the next five years. Just as a business needs to plan its direction, finances and look at the big picture, so also is the case with each individual jobseeker.

Guidelines for Career Management

-Your aim should always be to look five years ahead.

-Your career path, in terms of direction, should be determined.

-Stepping stones or promotions are important to get you to your goal.

-Study, in combination with your regular job, will helps with developing a new career.

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Career Management - Do Your Friends Know What You Do?

Career Management - ReputationProfessor.Com Author: Dennis Abenanty.

Most people can recall at least one time when they needed help with something and without hesitation a friend or relative offered a referral. Have a pain in your neck? See Dr. Weber. Need a math tutor? Call Mary Jones. Not sure how to report the gain on the sale of your home? Call my tax guy.

But as quick as they were to recommend a doctor, a tutor, or a tax preparer, do these same people know what you do? If they were in a similar conversation with someone about what you do for a living, would they even think of offering your name? If they tripped over the perfect job for you, would they know it? For most of us, the answer is, no.

It is your job to help people understand what you do. You need to create a marketing campaign about you, so that job opportunities will come to you without you even being present in the conversation.

Consider this conversation between a data security manager and a friend:

Data Security Manager: “If I don’t find someone quickly who knows about Extranet & Internet DMZs and network security, I’m going to have some serious problems on my hands. Just today we had another major problem with our PIX Firewalls and Split Managed VPN, and all our routers and switches went down.”

Friend: “I haven’t the slightest idea what that means, but I know a guy who does. Here’s his name and number; give him a call and maybe he can help.”

Whether you are in the market for a new job or not, this is how you want to be known. But before you start broadcasting to the world what you do, prepare a carefully thought out marketing pitch and try it on some trusted colleagues.

Avoid Expansive Labels

Telling people you are a banker, a consultant, or a sales person won’t even begin to educate them in what you do. Be more specific.

A lawyer can be a criminal lawyer, an intellectual property lawyer, an immigration lawyer, a securities lawyer, a real estate lawyer, a tax lawyer, an international lawyer, a family lawyer, and a multiplicity of other specialties.

Educate

Much like the lawyer paradigm, telling someone you are a programmer is not precise enough, but might also evoke a deer-in-the-headlights question, “So…what do you do, then…?”

Don’t assume the other person knows much about computers. Be prepared to define your specialty at varying levels of understanding, and be patient even if you have to explain Programming 101; “Computers follow instructions from programming languages that require a great deal of precision and completeness to enable the computer to produce the intended action. There are many different languages, but my specialty is helping companies design first class web pages using HTML programming.”

Promote Your Value Proposition - Not Yourself

Offering your job title does little to help people understand what you do and can also be perceived as condescending. Think in terms of a marketing brochure, not a resume.

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