Over 40 & You're Hired!
Secrets to Landing a Great Job
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Publisher Description
“Robin Ryan has the inside track on how to get hired.”– ABC NEWS
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
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Ryan (60 Seconds & You're Hired!) offers authoritative advice for the over-40 job hunter, and in the process supplies tips that would be useful for anyone (or everyone, these days) looking for work. Addressing those entering the job market after a hiatus those recently laid off from a long-term position or who have been staying home with children she cautions, "Times have changed, and you must, too." With suggestions gleaned from a survey of 600 hiring managers across the country, Ryan emphasizes the computer and Internet proficiencies universally demanded, shares tools for job searching online, advises job candidates to get a makeover to look more professional, and in the book's most useful sections shows how to fine-tune a r sum (she advises that each r sum and cover letter be tailored to the particular job and that the job title be explicitly listed in a "career objective" line). Her suggestions are candid, sensible, and refreshingly specific. With actual examples of r sum s and cover letters, a r sum quiz and a companion Web site with salary tools and other online resources, this book is essential reading for job seekers.
