How To Get A Good Job After 50: A step-by-step guide to job search success

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These days, more and more people are looking to stay in the workforce longer and are seeking satisfying, fulfilling jobs. How to Get a Good Job After 50 is a step-by-step guide to finding and winning the sort of job older employees want to have!

In clear, practical chapters, job search expert Rupert French shows you how to adopt a pro-active, self-employed approach that builds self-esteem and promotes a time-efficient, self-managed job search program.

Learn how to:

concentrate on no more than two or three job leads at any one time

use proven marketing techniques to win good jobs

write rsums that grab the employers interest in the first few sentences

find jobs before they are advertised

build an effective job search network

use social media to support your job search

effectively prepare for a job interview

rebuild confidence and beat age discrimination.

Older workers are vital to the workplace; they have skills, reliability and a sense of responsibility that can only be gained through experience. How to Get a Good Job After 50 explains how to demonstrate these qualities to prospective employers, turning your age into an advantage. Covering all aspects of the job search, this is the essential guide to taking control of your career with expertise and confidence. If you want to be sure of your ability to get a good job quickly, let this book be your guide.

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With age comes experience, reliability and practised skills, and this book explains how to market these qualities to prospective employers.

-- The F

"A brilliant and comprehensive guide [that] puts you, the job seeker, back in the driving seat of your career."

-- Lola Brocklesby, international online career coach

reveals all the tricks of the trade to landing a great job over 50.

-- Dare Magazine (Published by Australian Seniors)

Confidence and attitude are the key ingredients for job search success, no matter what your age.

* Healthy Aging *

Author Bio

Rupert Frenchis an experienced employment counsellor and job search trainer who has been actively involved in helping job seekers for almost 40 years. This revised edition ofHow to Get a Good Job After 50is his fourth book on successful job searching.