Dos And Don ts For Mature Job Seekers
ummer is here and with it ineffective and inefficient
a lot of leisure time to methods in the career field
spare. My time, however, is they're involved in.
spent more and more in front of
the computer than out there under But for those who have become
the warm summer sun and perhaps, mature workers and are seeking
an hour or two in the surf. Often new paths to take in their
when I look at the images of career, here are some good career
summer I see kids playing and advice from the University of
resting on the beach. Why is it Kansas site:
that summer is more commonly
associated with the bubbling Do's and Don'ts for the Mature
spring of youth rather than with Worker
the rocksteady maturity of the
thirty-and-above crowd...? In the employment of mature
workers, there isn't a more
I've always considered aging as a important person than the
transition from the reckless and individual worker. Obtaining a
impulsive rocky world of youth to job frequently means adjustments
the calmer and steadier country on the part of the applicant to
of maturity. This is why mature change in the world of work, in
workers remain to be valuable pay, in working conditions and in
employees for any company who'd location.
hire them. Their experiences and
the wisdom they have accumulated Too frequently mature job seekers
as a result of those experiences face personal stumbling blocks,
can be used to teach the younger particularly in age and
employees and even, younger technological skills. Instead of
bosses, not to repeat past emphasizing their advanced work
mistakes and to change experience and skills when
applying for a job, mature which would fit you for the job.
workers sometimes attract more * Talk and think, so far as
attention than necessary to their possible, about the future rather
age and health. Often mature than the past.
workers feel they were not chosen * Indicate where possible, your
for the position because of age stability attendance record, and
-- never realizing that they good safety experience.
might have fallen short of the * Remember that older employees
job requirements or lost the are capable, dependable,
opportunity because they trainable, careful, and steady.
misrepresented themselves as * Try to learn ahead of time
incapable workers. about the company and it's
products.
To help the mature job seeker, * Assume an air of confidence.
the "National Association of * Approach the employer with
Manufacturers on Employment of respectful dignity.
the Mature Worker" has compiled * Try to be optimistic in your
these Do's and Don'ts. This list attitude.
is not all inclusive. Locating a * Maintain your poise and
suitable job takes time and self-control.
thought. These suggestions from a * Try to overcome nervousness or
group of employment specialists, shortness of breath.
however, are worth careful * Hold yourself erect.
consideration for all job * Answer questions honestly and
seekers. with straght forwardness.
* Stress the contribution you can
Do... make to the enterprise.
* Stress your qualifications for * Be well-groomed and
the job opening. appropriately dressed.
* Recount experience you have had * Have available a list of former
employers, time and period of early in the interview.
service. * Depend upon the telephone for a
* Apply for the job in person. job.
* Let as many people as possible * Hesitate to fill out
know you are job hunting. applications, give references,
* Know the importance of getting take physical examinations or
along with people. test on request.
* Recognize your limitations. * Go to the interview without a
* Apply at plenty of places. record of your former work
* Indicate your flexibility and connections.
readiness to learn. * Arrive late and breathless for
an interview.
Don't... * Be a "know it all" or a person
* Keep stressing your need for a who can't take instructions.
job. * Isolate yourself from contacts
* Discuss past experience which who might help you find a job.
has no application to the job * Feel the world owes you a
situation. living.
* Apologize for your age. * Make claims if you cannot
* Be untidy in appearance. deliver on the job.
* Cringe or beg for * Display feelings of
consideration. inferiority.
* Speak with muffled voice and
indistinctly. Practically some of these Dos and
* Be one of those who can do Donts can be applied as well on
anything. younger job seekers. Advice such
* Hedge in answering questions. as "Don't be late" or "Exude an
* Express your ideas on air of confidence" works on any
work-related concerns, such as person seeking for employment no
compensation and work hours, matter what age or level of
academic achievement he may have. from were due to the stress they
experience at work everyday. A
For older workers, it seems these young man of thirty can
things become more vital since unsurprisingly suffer from a
aging is viewed as a weakening of heart ailment these days. What
abilities and capacities as an more of a guy pushing fifty or
effective worker. More often than sixty?
not older job seekers are
bypassed in favor of younger ones But it is also important for
whose skills and technological human resource managers to focus
know-how are freshly learned and on the inherent requirements of
can easily be developed. Their the job rather than whatever
youth also encourages a more future complications they foresee
flexible work ethic which can be in hiring a mature worker. As
molded according to company long as there is a clear-cut
rules. definition of the job
description, human resource
Corporate culture also is another managers need not worry of future
reason that younger job seekers consequences. What's important is
are sought. In the fast-paced that mature workers are given an
frantic race to success in the opportunity to contribute in
workplace, more of the their own way to the company,
work-eat-sleep routine is to be thereby proving themselves worthy
expected. Much of the physical as employees.
afflictions that workers suffer
About the Author:
Claire Bretana is the webmaster of http://www.diversityworking.com - the largest minority job search site for African Americans, Asians, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Americans, women, gays and lesbians, disabled, veterans, and mature workers. You can contact her through email at webmistress@diversityworking.com.
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