Stop using old-school job search strategies, protocols or techniques. This means no more blindly submitting your cover letter and resume to every open position you come across that you “can” do. New-school means using LinkedIn as your marketing hub and using your network to build relationships and get referrals.
On “Don’t Get Caged By Your Age,” with the indomitable Ande Lyons, we talk about how mid-career (and older) professionals can check their legacy mindsets at the door and defy the ageism that is a big obstacle to maintaining a long-term career.
No matter how old you are, you want to stop thinking like an employee and start thinking like a consultant. What are the results, the deliverables that you can package and offer to prospective employers OR clients? Find your “product/market fit” where you are the product they want and need.
If they need what you offer and believe that you have what it takes to deliver it, they won’t care how old you are.
John Tarnoff is an executive and career transition coach, speaker, and author who supports mid and late-career professionals in defining, planning, and achieving more meaningful and sustainable careers.
Fired 39% during his 35 years as a film producer, studio executive and tech entrepreneur, he learned how to turn setbacks into successes in a volatile business. He reinvented his own career at 50, earning a master’s degree in counseling psychology to share his career lessons with others going through similar challenges.
Since leaving entertainment in 2010, John has coached individuals, groups, and led career workshops for university alumni, including for UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Corporate coaching clients have included Bank of America, Bridgewater Assoc., Levi-Strauss, Softbank, TD Ameritrade, and Thrive Global.
He is the author of the best-selling Boomer Reinvention: How to Create your Dream Career Over 50 and has been named a Top Influencer in Aging by PBS/NextAvenue.
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