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- Successfully Fighting the "Overqualified" Label
- How to Fight Age Discrimination in Job Interviews
- LinkedIn Profile Photos for Job Seekers Over 50
- Over 50: Beating the "Too Old" Bias, Being Visibly Up-to-Date
Next Issue: Leveraging Google for Job Search Success
Are you getting passed over for jobs and told it’s because
you’re overqualified? If so, are you wondering if that’s "polite" wording for "too old"? To a job seeker, the idea that you wouldn’t be chosen for a job because you have more education or experience than the job requires just doesn’t make sense.
In this article, Job Search Expert and Recruiter Linda Tuerk shares the concerns that employers have about hiring an "overqualified" job candidate. Then, Linda shares 24 strategies for neutralizing those employer concerns and successfully getting hired.
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Unfortunately, by trying to show that we can leap tall
buildings with a single bound and stop speeding bullets in the palm of our hand, we can overcompensate and unwittingly come across as a know-it-all, a potential disruptive influence, and a threat to the manager's job.
Author and Job Search Expert Martin Yate offers an excellent response when asked an illegal question about your age plus other great strategies for job interview success. Start by using your maturity to consciously manage your feelings and reactions, while staying alert for opportunities to counter age-based prejudice.
Many job seekers over 50 avoid adding the headshot photo
to their LinkedIn profile to avoid being revealed as an older job candidate. Unfortunately, without a good photo in your LinkedIn profile, studies show that chances are very slim that you will be invited for an interview.
In this article, Boomer Job Search Expert Phyllis Mufson shares a brief primer on how get the best professional photo -- one that you will feel proud of. She explains how to minimize the parts of your appearance you feel uncomfortable with, and what to emphasize instead. At the end of the article you’ll find links to resources where you can find more detailed
instruction.
First the bad news: If you are over 50, many employers
will assume you are not technically up-to-date. You can combat this negative perception that you are behind the times by making yourself credibly visible online in ways that support your qualifications for the job you want.
Today, if employers cannot find you online, they will assume that you are out-of-date. In this article Boomer Job Search Expert Phyllis Mufson shares the 7 steps to build a credible online presence, demonstrating to employers that you are, in fact, up-to-date.
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