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A forum for individuals interested in sharing ideas and information about achieving career success. Topics include hot career choices, issues you face in making a career/job change, the challenges and barriers you faced and how you overcame them, tips on achieving success and workplace trends.
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The Reality of Career Success at 50+
It's a new day and a new game. After we overcome certain myths about economic recovery and those stories that set a false expectation about a return to the world of work as it was, those of us who will thrive in this forever changed, largely jobless world of the mature worker will:
Continue to develop and focus our expertise. This focused expertise will enable us to thrive in a largely de-jobbed U.S. world of work. Think of us as the Sages.
Start our own businesses now, on the perceived early edge of change and forget seeking employers as the panacea for our false source of security. Think of us as the Hardy Pioneers.
Follow the trends avidly - paying good attention to broad-based change and relating that change to our own work lives. Think of us as the Keen Observers.
Always have a Plan "B" - never resting on our laurels from the past. Plan "B" will include continued formal education and skills development over our lifetimes. The online classroom will prove to be the leap forward in providing skills/education to the older worker, and we will move quickly towards this form of formalized learning. Furthermore, we will be the generation that will change the way our colleges and universities teach and, ultimately, change the cost of advanced learning. Think of us as the Swift Learners.
Sustain our marriages or form alliances with other mature folks to share financial burdens and allow more freedom from the need to work in endless drudgery. Later stage marriages or alliances will allow us to remain independent and self-sustaining. Think of us as the Brave Hearts.
In summary, the people who will thrive are the Sages, Hardy Pioneers, Keen Observers, Swift Learners and the Brave Hearted. But, then, aren't these the same qualities you have noted in people who have triumphed throughout your lifetime? Dare we imply that we simply need to re-discover the best in ourselves? Check out more ideas at www.AgelessInAmerica.com.
Continue to develop and focus our expertise. This focused expertise will enable us to thrive in a largely de-jobbed U.S. world of work. Think of us as the Sages.
Start our own businesses now, on the perceived early edge of change and forget seeking employers as the panacea for our false source of security. Think of us as the Hardy Pioneers.
Follow the trends avidly - paying good attention to broad-based change and relating that change to our own work lives. Think of us as the Keen Observers.
Always have a Plan "B" - never resting on our laurels from the past. Plan "B" will include continued formal education and skills development over our lifetimes. The online classroom will prove to be the leap forward in providing skills/education to the older worker, and we will move quickly towards this form of formalized learning. Furthermore, we will be the generation that will change the way our colleges and universities teach and, ultimately, change the cost of advanced learning. Think of us as the Swift Learners.
Sustain our marriages or form alliances with other mature folks to share financial burdens and allow more freedom from the need to work in endless drudgery. Later stage marriages or alliances will allow us to remain independent and self-sustaining. Think of us as the Brave Hearts.
In summary, the people who will thrive are the Sages, Hardy Pioneers, Keen Observers, Swift Learners and the Brave Hearted. But, then, aren't these the same qualities you have noted in people who have triumphed throughout your lifetime? Dare we imply that we simply need to re-discover the best in ourselves? Check out more ideas at www.AgelessInAmerica.com.
Can you begin a career in your mid-50s?
I am trying to find a niche in the world of work after a 20-year hiatus to make a home and raise a family. Before the hiatus I had 12 years working experience in a variety of jobs (historic preservation, public television, the Smithsonian and a branch of the Federal Archives) all related, in someway, to my educational background (Masters in History from Duke; BA from George Mason U.) I have deliberately wanted to focus on home and family and do not regret that choice. But, now, I'm finding it very hard to re-enter. Even though during the hiatus I have had several part time jobs and freelance gigs (mostly writing), I feel frozen out of the current job market. I have lately considered real estate (getting my license)...setting up a website, developing a show for cable tv for baby boomers (my husband has been a TV reporter for over 25 years). But, I now need to get real and get some income. I'd appreciate any suggestions.
Becoming a Strategic Careerist
A successful job search starts with a plan. Just as you wouldn't start a business without a plan, why manage your career and its transitions without one? Utilize the same strategic planning methodology that companies use. Here's an eight step plan to consider:
1.) Let Go of the Past - Move on in your Work/Life
2.) Internal Analysis - Identify and prioritize your talents, values and interests
3.) Marketplace Trends - Understand the changing world of work and where you fit
4.) Today’s Hot Opportunities - Research career options that are thriving
5.) Your Career Options - Define the opportunities that are right for you
6.) Gap Analysis - Overcome barriers and challenges to your success
7.) Your Action Plan - Develop a S.M.A.R.T. Plan (Specific, Measurable, Action- oriented, Realistic and Time-framed) that includes your Brand
8.) Your Marketing Tool Kit - Communicate your interests and attributes to your market by utilizing effective written and verbal tools.
I look forward to others' ideas about applying strategic planning to career planning and job search campaigns.
1.) Let Go of the Past - Move on in your Work/Life
2.) Internal Analysis - Identify and prioritize your talents, values and interests
3.) Marketplace Trends - Understand the changing world of work and where you fit
4.) Today’s Hot Opportunities - Research career options that are thriving
5.) Your Career Options - Define the opportunities that are right for you
6.) Gap Analysis - Overcome barriers and challenges to your success
7.) Your Action Plan - Develop a S.M.A.R.T. Plan (Specific, Measurable, Action- oriented, Realistic and Time-framed) that includes your Brand
8.) Your Marketing Tool Kit - Communicate your interests and attributes to your market by utilizing effective written and verbal tools.
I look forward to others' ideas about applying strategic planning to career planning and job search campaigns.
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