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Boomers, seniors and retirees are returning to the workplace in droves. Many believe that they are up against insurmountable barriers like unemployment figures, age discrimination and technological deficiencies (shortcomings). They perceive resistance among employers regarding over-qualification and earnings demands.

They sense that the younger public has accepted as truth various misconceptions about older workers. Despite these perceptions, research from agencies such as the Department of Labor, the American Council of Life Insurance and Andrus Gerontology Center is indicating that workers that are 50+ possess work ethics that are highly desirable to employers.

What, then, can boomers, seniors and retirees do to increase their success at landing a job?

1. Do your homework. Learn the latest in technology skills. Take adult education or online classes to give the impression that you are in sync with the rapidly changing technological advances. And read Michelle Goodmans Seven Mistakes Job Hunters Older Than 50 Make

2. Study AARPs excellent articles beginning with Job Tips for 50+ Workers

3. Write a clean, well-constructed, convincing resume
Using correct terminology (search job descriptions for assistance).
Indicating all your skills and expertise pertinent only to the position you are applying for.
Eliminating “References available upon request” from the resume. The employer makes this assumption.
Emphasizing experience, skills, talents and expertise.
De-emphasizing dates.
Ensuring that there are no spelling, grammatical or typographical errors.
Mailing or sending your resume early to the head of the human resource department.

4. Prepare for your job interview
Your interviewer will probably be younger than you are. Treat him or her with respect.
Practice your interview with a younger person.
Dress and groom yourself appropriately.
Be ready to explain why youre applying for a job below your level of expertise.
Research the company you are applying to.
Follow up your interview with a thank you note.

5. Make use of tools that search specifically for companies that are committed to hiring older workers like:

SeniorJobBank -http://www.seniorjobbank.org/
Workforce50 -http://www.workforce50.com/
RetirementJobs -http://www.retirementjobs.com/index.html
RetiredBrains -http://www.retiredbrains.com/
Seniors4Hire – http://seniors4hire.org/
Jobs4.0 -http://www.jobs4point0.com/

6. Locate companies which are agreeable to hiring older workers by considering AARPs 2008 lists of the best Employers for workers over 50 in the United States and internationally

7. Take advantage of government training and employment opportunities at:

a. The Senior Community Service Employment Program- SCSEP trains and places qualifying seniors.

b. Senior Environomental Employment Program- As part of the United Environmental Protection Agency, (SEE) hires seniors for temporary, part-time, and full-time positions to help EPA improve the environment.

c.CareerOneStop- Sponsored by the Department of Labor this site assists job seekers by giving help with personal assessment, career options, education and training leads, resumes, interviews, networking and job availability.

8. Dont forget the nonprofit sector for job opportunities:

a. Action Without Borders runs a website which matches volunteers and paid individuals with over 57,000 nonprofit organizations that are interested in improving their communities. “AWB is independent of any government, political ideology, or religious creed.”

b. Older volunteers find that Peace Corps is a wonderful way to “give back” to the world while gaining valuable benefits for themselves.

9. Use your old job and turn it into a new career, such as substitute teaching or tutoring.

10. Turn your hobby into dollars: If youre handy around your own house, why not get paid for it by assisting others?

There are countless numbers of career colleges available today. However, the career colleges of Pennsylvania are known to be the best for many reasons. One of the advantages of getting trained in the career colleges of Pennsylvania is that, you dont have to wait for getting into an aspiring career. The Pennsylvania career colleges offer great career assistance which enables you to step into the very best career as soon as you complete your training. The quality of the training is the next benefit that you can get out of the career colleges of Pennsylvania. With well experienced faculty and hands on practical classes, these career colleges of Pennsylvania feed the students with the most updated information to shine in their career. The main attraction of the career colleges of Pennsylvania is the PAPSA membership. PAPSA is the one and only organization to represent all the for-profit colleges of Pennsylvania. Just keep reading on the article to know more about PAPSA and the advantages of getting trained in the career colleges with a PAPSA membership.

What is PAPSA?
The Pennsylvania Association of Private School Administrators (PAPSA) is an organization representing 320+ private career colleges and schools in the Pennsylvania area. PAPSA is dedicated to provide the top quality education for the candidates getting trained in the schools and career colleges of Pennsylvania. PAPSA has provided great assistance to many career colleges in the past few years by offering the most wanted professional development programs to the career college faculty and students. Career colleges of Pennsylvania with a PAPSA membership are the best places to get quality education in this planet.

What advantages can students get, by Joining Career colleges/ schools with PAPSA membership?
There are countless numbers of benefits that a student and the college can get out of joining PAPSA. The candidates of the career colleges of Pennsylvania with a PAPSA membership will get the best quality education available in this planet. With the assistance of the PAPSA membership, the career colleges will be able to provide industry exposure to the candidates during the training period itself. PAPSA will also be providing various seminars on Job specific skills to the students and faculty to get the updated information about every industry.

Advantages for colleges in getting a PAPSA membership
Not only the students, the career colleges of Pennsylvania can also get many benefits out of the PAPSA membership. Apart from getting assistance to provide the best quality education, the career colleges of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg can get financial assistance too. PAPSA also provides much needed professional development programs (total of 15 programs every year) provided to the faculty, student services staff, directors and admissions personnel.

Bottom Line
Various services provided by PAPSA for the job training schools and career colleges, make Pennsylvania the best place in this planet to get career education.

With almost 16 million people out of work, more and more people are finding themselves having to figure out how to land a job in a market where more jobs are being lost. This is the toughest environment in 50 years to get a job in and you better have your best game on to do so. While the consensus is that no one is hiring, apply the tips in this article exactly as they are written and I assure you that you will not just get a job but get the job you want!

Decide that you are going to get a job and eliminate all other options. Treat unemployment benefits like the plague and a non-option. Unemployment benefits will not prove beneficial to you in the future as they will ultimately destroy your job prospects going forward.
Spend more time replacing the lost job than you spent at the job you lost! Take the attitude that getting a job is your job and if you have to spend 50 hours a week doing so do it!
Even if you have to take something you consider beneath you, it is better to stay connected in the workforce with less pay than disconnected from the workforce with unemployment benefits! (Refer to #1 again.)
Disregard all the talk that no one is hiring! There are always companies looking for productive-solution oriented people that can help their company grow. While there are 16m people without work most companies have not gone out of business. Have the attitude that you will find a job and stay away from other unemployed people as they are likely to contaminate your attitude.
Do NOT rely on your resume. While it needs to be current and list all of your accomplishments do not rely on it to land your job- it wont!Companies don’t hireresumes they hire people that can help move the company forward. A resume will not get you a job!
Do NOT rely on others to get you your next job. Headhunters and recruiters are representing many people and no one is going to present you better than you will. Go into this endeavor with the belief that you are the ONLY one that will make this happen!
Do NOT rely on the HR department and do every thing to bypass them even though this is not politically correct. Find out who knows the players in the company and get your story in front of the decision makers of the company. It is the decision makers that have the most invested in moving the company forward.
Do NOT depend on the internet or on social networking sites. They may be a good place to get a date or play poker but it will not get you a job. Let the other 16 million depend on the ‘net’ while you get yourself, your resume and your story in front of decision makers.
In the interview do NOT talk about what you have done in the past, talk about what you can do to create for the company in the future. Make big claims as to what you will and can do for the company.
Do NOT go into an interview to be interviewed, go in to sell your self. Avoid communicating from the viewpoint of what the company can do for you but rather what you can do for the company. Check out my book, Sell to Survive as it will show you exactly how to sell yourself to decision makers about why you are ‘The One’.
Approach every opportunity understanding that the only thing a company is interested in today is REVENUE. Anyone that can directly or indirectly assist in revenue creation is desirable! Those that can sell their ability and willingness to do whatever it takes to assist in adding revenue to the company are always desirable regardless of the overall job market. Things like being a team player, loyal, and dependable may be some of your attributes but they will not land you a job in this environment.
Do NOT go into any interview talking about how you have been let go wrongly. Nor do you ever want to mention anything negative about your last employer or position. Approach your current situation as a new opportunity to create a new life for yourself and carry that attitude with you into every interview. It takes a lot of pressure to create a diamond and this may be the very thing that it takes so that you hit your full potential! Take this time to bury yourself in positive books and audio programs so that you bring the best you to every interview. Check out The Rules of Success to get your head right as your attitude is going to be 90% of the interview.

When a company decides to do onsite training for its employees, it does so primarily out of a need to have them well equipped to do their jobs effectively. This kind of corporate training also allows the company to have the training customized to fit its current and future needs. Here are five tips to getting the most out of the training.

Tip#1. Be clear as to your companys needs. To get the most out of any onsite corporate training, companies have to ensure that they are clear as to their specific needs and make them known to the company or persons doing the training. It is best to write down and the main topic areas that you need covered once you have had discussion with your managers and employees who will be in attendance.

Tip#2. Practicing newly acquired skills. Most onsite training sessions usually offers the trainees the opportunity to practice their newly acquired skills. It is important that trainees employ their newly learnt skills as often as possible in an effort to reinforce them.

Tip#3. Find a suitable training area. For onsite corporate training to be more effective, the training area should conducive to the participants being able to concentrate on learning. This must be a location that is void of interruptions or any form of distractions and should also be comfortable. It is important that trainees are able to have a clear view of the trainer and also their own work area or equipment. The training area should be roomy enough so that everyone involved in the training sessions is able to move around freely.

Tip#4. Trainees must be given the support to succeed. Before training begins each trainee should be available to attend the entire training sessions. They should not be bothered by other staff members when the sessions are being conducted. Also the trainees should want to be involved in the onsite training and recognize its benefits to their overall performance on the job.

Tip#5. Appropriate time. For any onsite corporate training to have its intended effect, training should happen at the appropriate time. This is best when new technology is being introduced or when improvements in current software. The training will be of little use after the fact.

Once onsite training is sought all the facilities and equipment necessary to make it a success must be made available and employed. There should also be adequate and custom-made materials made available to participants.