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Overview
If you are over 40 and struggling to land a new job, you’re not alone. It’s a whole new ballgame out there, so America's top career counselor has perfected a market-tested program to help you stand out effectively and appeal to employers amid age discrimination and floods of competition. In Over 40 and You’re Hired!, Robin Ryan draws on her 30 years of direct hiring experience, 20 years as a career counselor, and her extensive relationships with hundreds of recruiters, decisions makers, and HR professionals to give you the skills and tools you need to revitalize your career and secure a new, better-paying job. She covers:
• How hiring has changed and what you need to do to compete
• Ways to tap into the the 80% of all jobs that are never advertised
• LinkedIn strategies you to need to use
• Successful formats for creating a winning Resume and Cover Letter
• Answers to tough interview questions
• Effective strategies to overcome age discrimination
• Proven salary negotiation techniques
• Effective strategies to present yourself as the candidate to hire
• Networking techniques to get in front of decision makers
• Inspiration and motivation to foster your success!
“Targeted and strategic--a real winner."-- Business Radio Network
“Loaded with great tips and a valuable bonus section available only to book buyers.” – Long Island Press
"If you use Robin Ryan’s advice, you definitely fly by the competition." -- KING-TV News
“Robin Ryan is America's leading authority on how to get hired in today’s job market.” --The Arizona Republic
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781101159668 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 12/29/2009 |
Sold by: | Penguin Group |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 256 |
File size: | 380 KB |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Part 1 It's A Whole New Ball Game
Chapter 1 Hiring Is Different Now 3
What Employers Say about Hiring Someone Over 40 5
The Pluses 6
Getting Laid Off When You are Over 40 9
Resilience is the New Key to Your Success
Consider Your
1913 Know Your Strengths 1913
2013 Volunteer Exp
2113 Ident
2213 Changing Careers 2
"Brand You" is Built o
2513 The
2612 Chapter 3 Ove
2913 Counter
3013
4811 Part 2 The Hidden Job Market12 Ch
Finding Unadvertis
5313 The Process 5513 Prospecting Letters, Cold-Ca
5612 C
Finding
Get He
5913 Searching
6013
6113 Review the Company's Website 62
Use the People Method 6213 Professional
6313 Study Trends in You
6413 Summary 65
Chapter 6 Referral N
6713 Success Rates 681
Finding Contacts 6813 In
6913 M
7213 Guid
7312 C
Finding Job Openings Using We
7513 Use Niche
7613 Don
7613 Swe
7713 St
7713 General Rules for Responding Online 7813 Specific Tips When
8013 Where Not to Go
Summary: Good Websites to Us
8212 Chapter 8
8313 LinkedIn 8313 Coll
8513 Chapte
What You Need to Kn
8713 Internal H
8713 Executive Recruiters 8811
Resumes a
Chapter 10 Your Tar
9313 Sell Your Assets 9413 Must-Use Res
95
Acceptable Resume Format
9612 Chapter 11 Guidelines
99
Formatting and Layou
10013 Writing Secrets to Use 1
Chapter 12 Resume Samples 1091
Resume: Senior Executive-Laid Off 11013 Resume: Fortune 500 Man
11513 Resume: Senior Execut
11913 Resume: Direct
12413 Resu
13113 Resume: Professional-Seeking Internal
13513 Extra Help is Available
Chapter 13Eye-Catching Cover Letters 139
Applying When You're Overqualified 14
Employers' Advice on Writing a Cover Letter 14313
Addressing the Request for Sala
14712 Chapter 14 Cover Letter
14913 Open Your L
15013 Electronic Sub
15212 Chapter 15 Cover Letter Samples 154
Part 4 Interviewing and Salary Negotiations12 Cha
Wow 'Em With a Successful Presentation 1
Show and Tell 17013 Pa
17113 Looking as Successful as Possib
17313 Tips for Men 17413 Tips for Women 17713 Im
18112 Chapter 17 Acing The Job Inte
18213 The 5-Point Agenda 18413
18
Situational Questi
18613 Dealing with Tough, Tricky Questions 18713
Illegal Probing 18813 Practice Questions
18913 Research the Compa
19413 Preinterview Tip
19513 First Hurdle: Screen
19513 Engage the Interviewer
Don't Babble 19
Take Notes-the Employe
19913 Closing
19913 Aft
19913 Summary 20012
Salary Negotiations
Who Earns Wha
20213 Get the Job Offer First 20313
204
Know What You Want 2051
Substantiating
20613
2071
Negotiating an Exit Severance Pa
20913
21113 Summary 21113 The Final
21211 Part 5 Living a Better Future12 Chapter
Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals 21513 Robin's S.M.A.R.T. Goal-Set
21713 Roadb
21813 Time M
219
Listening to Your Dreams 22012 Cha
You're Hired! 22213 Do it Now! 2241
They Did it and So Can You 22513 Summa
22912 Career Resources to Help You 231
Career Counseling and Job Sear
23113 Available Book
23213 Robin Ryan
23213 Free Down
23313 Free Newsletter 234
What People are Saying About This
"Robin Ryan is the leading job search expert in America today."
-CBS Radio
"Superb! Robin Ryan's a brilliant mentor guiding you through the hiring maze to surpass your goals and profoundly impact your life in the most positive of ways."
-Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
"Superb! Robin Ryan's a brilliant mentor guiding you through the hiring maze to surpass your goals and profoundly impact your life in the most positive of ways."--(Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)