The 3 Smartest Th?i?ngs To Do When Job Searching Over 50

The 3 Smartest Th?i?ngs To Do When Job Searching Over 50?The 3 Smartest Th?i?ngs To Do When Job Searching Over 50Age discrimination looms for nearly every candidate near, at, or over age 50. Its easy for the potential employer to glance at your resume and do the quick math. Youre forced to enter the years on an online application. These are realities. But hitting age 50 does elend automatically mean its all uphill from here. Lets talk about the 3 smartest things you can do when youre job searching over age 50.1) Articulate Your VisionAt this point in your career, things are not new. What do you want to do? The question is not that loaded. What have you done up to this point that you liked? That you excelled at? That brought you satisfaction and made you feel like you were contributing?If youre career changing, resist the tendency to showcase every skill you have, then let the employer decide where you best fit in. You create the vision for your next job, your career, and your life. T he employer is hiring you to do exactly one job. While you may have 25 areas of expertise from your lengthy career, presenting all of them will only serve to firehose the person on the receiving end of your convoluted message. Determine what the employer in your new targeted field wants this is stated in the ad. Then showcase the relevant skills you offer to match.2) Take A Step ForwardReading on the Internet is not a step forward. Acting on what you read is. No one is saying you need to go from vision to 3rd interview inside of a week. But dont allow perfection to be the enemy of progress. If you read an article about articulating your vision, then do that. If you research on the proper keywords to include in your resume, then put them in there. More importantly, do something you may not have done before. (I know you hate it when I talk about networking, but) reach out to a new person. Find out who the decision maker is and say something to them. You dont know them? So what? Netwo rking today isnt like the party of 1999. If you dont know them, get to know them. A little Internet stalking can work wonders. Just dont be weird. Add value when you reach out. Demonstrate normal human caring when you reach out. There is almost never a negative result from taking that step forward.3) Reach HigherHeres a good rule of thumb when it comes to deciding what roles to pursue target 1) titles 1 level below you 2) titles on your exact level and 3) titles 1 level above you. Reach thats usually where the magic happens, for a few reasonsWhen youre reaching for a level you havent yet attained, its as if you have less emotional investment. Thats like dating when you stop caring about putting so much effort into finding someone, thats when the best person for you magically appears. When you reach for a role on a new level, you go through the motions, dot all your Is and cross all your Ts, but you dont hold your breath. Thats when the calls come in for your interviews.The other th ing that happens when you reach is that you advance. If you only pursue the roles youve always had, then you will only get the roles youve always had. You deserve more. You are the one who gets to konzept your future. The strategy is to segment your job search into safe positions you know you can get, and mix in those reach roles. You just may end up pleasantly surprised.At age 50+, its time to unhook the velvet ropes and walk where it may look like youre not allowed to walk. Might you step on a couple toes? You might. But theres no one who can advocate more for your life and your career than you. You have a decade or so left to work, so go get the work you want. Theres a 1-Page New Job Cheat Sheet & Webinar that walks you through the exact right steps to execute in order to get hired. Download yours today. Youll find out what to do when they tell you youre overqualified. And youll learn specific strategies when youre facing age discrimination.