1. The Mature Worker’s Job Search Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

2. Purpose of this workshop Empower Enlighten Equip The mature job seeker for the challenges of the 21st century job market for a more effective strategy toward quicker job attainment Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

3. Purpose of this workshop In other words – we want you to know what it takes to get a job quicker! Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

4. Objectives Define Mature Worker Identify the challenges of being a mature job seeker Provide information on your rights Explain advantages held by the mature job seeker Identify job seeking resources Provide job search strategies Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

5. Who is the mature job seeker? Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center How would you describe the mature job seeker?

6. Who is the Mature Job Seeker? AARP – 50+ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics – 55+ Saul Carliner of Intercom Magazine – 35+ The Age Discrimation in Employment Act (ADEA) – 40+ Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

7. Changes in the labor market “The labor force participation rate of the older workforce has increased considerably since the late 1980s. The increase in the labor force participation of this group over the past several decades is expected to continue into the foreseeable future.” Source – U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Outlook: 2006-16 Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

8. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) forbids discrimination against people age 40 or older. This includes: Hiring/firing decision Pay and benefits Job Assignment Promotions Layoff Training Any other term or condition of employment Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

9. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS ADEA protection does not apply to: Employers with fewer than 20 employees Workers under the age of 40 Occupations where age is shown to be a “bona fide occupational qualification”. Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

10. For more information on your rights Equal Employment Opportunity Commission www.eeoc.gov Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

11. Challenges! What Are They? Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

12. MYTHS Can’t teach an old dog new tricks Won’t stick around Stuck in their ways Take a lot of sick days Too expensive to hire Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

13. Fastest growing internet users and taking classes to learn new skills Stay on job twice as long as those 25-34 They may question change but can accept it and adjust The higher turnover rates in younger workers is more expensive than the cost of pension and vacation time for older workers REALITIES Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

14. ADVANTAGES Worker’s point of view Employer’s point of view Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

15. Job Seeking Resources Locally Online Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

16. Traditional Strategies Searching online Checking job boards Viewing classifieds Mass resume distribution Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

17. 21st Century Job Strategies Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center Stand out to employers by: Networking Selling yourself through personal branding Have a killer resume Interview the right way

18. Something you should know about employment and never forget… Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center Publicly posted jobs represent only about 20-25% of vacant positions Jobs are filled only about 25% of the time by individuals responding to a post Jobs are filled 75% of the time by individuals who know a connection Job search is a skill. Skills are improved only when practiced

19. NETWORKING Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center Who do you know? Who do they know? What do they know? Informational interviewing

20. PERSONAL BRANDING Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center Self-promotion using elevator speech Connecting your name to your career in terms of product, asset, quality and results

21. Something you should know about employers and never forget… Your resume will get about a 10-20 second read If you do not capture their interest in the first 7 seconds, they might stop reading Don’t bore the employer Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

22. KILLER RESUME Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center Ask yourself - Is my resume a boring job description? Does it show the results I get? Do I have a brand or do I sound generic? What do my skills have to do with the needs of the company and position I am applying to? Did I write the date of the Killer Resume workshop on my reminder calendar?

23. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Money saved Processes stream lined Improvements made Speeding bullet caught Tall building leapt over Use numbers where appropriate Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

24. INTERVIEW THE RIGHT WAY Body Language Tough Interview Questions Follow Up Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

25. Q&A Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center