Over 40 Job Search Guide: 10 Strategies for Making Your Age an Advantage in Your Career

I found Gail Geary's "Over-40 Job Search Guide" to be a very valuable tool in my career search. It is a quick read that helped to jump-start my search, get me focused and on track.

If you're 40-plus and looking for work, you are likely to feel like a stranger in a truly strange land. This book is terrific. It guides you gently to stop looking where the jobs AREN'T (ie, sick or dead industries). It doesn't try to sweet-talk you out of the certainty that age discrimination exists, but is frank and realistic about what you can (and can't) do to counter it. It's practical enough to get you moving, yet kind enough that readers who have likely already been though a lot can actually stand to read it. Really work this book, and you'll have a better resume, a clearer idea of your own goals, and much more focused criteria for job searches. Worth every penny.

This is a very practical guide to getting your career moving when you suffer a setback when you are 40+ years old. Gail Geary doesn't hide the fact that age can be a negative factor when looking for a new job, but she doesn't let the reader use age as an excuse. Instead, she offers a very pragmatic approach to identifying your direction (including offering four career areas that are growing and are already "age diverse"), assembling an age-neutral resume, handling the interview, and staying in the right mindset along the way. I actually read this book cover-to-cover and can say with confidence that it has altered my approach for the better.

Age bias is the single largest bias in the United States. That is the finding 0f a study at Harvard University and if you are bent on breaking through that bias,reading Gail Geary's book is a good preparation for that experience. Geary gives first rate advice on playing to your strengths, uncovering the hot sources for hiring possibilities, how to make good first impressions and handling tough questions. If you are looking for employment in a market biased against you and you have some tell tale gray in your hair. this book can only help.

I wish I had this book 2 years ago when I was laid off! This is the BEST book I have read for any experienced former employee. It addresses the real issues you face as an older worker looking for a job and gives you strategies for overcoming them. I found the exercises included to be simple, neccessary and valuable. She addresses specific negative stereotypes of older employees and how to overcome them on resumes and during interviews. I found her section on "acquiring inexpensive skill and credential updates" to be invaluable. I also liked her chapter on "playing to your strengths". I bought and mailed a copy of this book to my sister who hates job hunting books - and even she loved it. If you are over 40, GET THIS BOOK NOW! This includes those of you who are still employed...