Over 40 & You're Hired!: Secrets to Landing a Great Job - Softcover

Ryan, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143116983 ISBN 13: 9780143116981

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2009

Synopsis

“Robin Ryan has the inside track on how to get hired.”– ABC NEWS
 
If you are over 40 and struggling to land a new job, you’re not alone. It’s a whole new ballgame out there, so America's top career counselor has perfected a market-tested program to help you stand out effectively and appeal to employers amid age discrimination and floods of competition. In Over 40 and You’re Hired!, Robin Ryan draws on her 30 years of direct hiring experience, 20 years as a career counselor, and her extensive relationships with hundreds of recruiters, decisions makers, and HR professionals to give you the skills and tools you need to revitalize your career and secure a new, better-paying job. She covers:
 
     • How hiring has changed and what you need to do to compete
     • Ways to tap into the the 80% of all jobs that are never advertised
     • LinkedIn strategies you to need to use
     • Successful formats for creating a winning Resume and Cover Letter
     • Answers to tough interview questions
     • Effective strategies to overcome age discrimination
     • Proven salary negotiation techniques
     • Effective strategies to present yourself as the candidate to hire
     • Networking techniques to get in front of decision makers
     • Inspiration and motivation to foster your success!
 
“Targeted and strategic--a real winner."--  Business Radio Network
 
“Loaded with great tips and a valuable bonus section available only to book buyers.” – Long Island Press 
 
"If you use Robin Ryan’s advice, you definitely fly by the competition." -- KING-TV News
 
“Robin Ryan is America's leading authority on how to get hired in today’s job market.” --The Arizona Republic

 

About this title

About the Author

Robin Ryan is the bestselling author seven career books and has been a career counselor for over 20 years, and has been hailed by the Boston Globe as “America’s top job search expert”. She has appeared on over 1500 TV and Radio shows including Oprah, Dr. Phil, CNN, ABC News, Fox News, NBC Nightly News and NPR; and has spoken to over a thousand live audiences on improving their lives and achieving greater career success. Her advice has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times, Business Week, Money, Fortune, and Good Housekeeping. Based in Seattle, Ryan has a busy career counseling practice offering individual career coaching and job search services to clients nationwide. She holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Education and a Bachelor’s Degree from Boston College.

Reviews

Ryan (60 Seconds & You're Hired!) offers authoritative advice for the over-40 job hunter, and in the process supplies tips that would be useful for anyone (or everyone, these days) looking for work. Addressing those entering the job market after a hiatus—those recently laid off from a long-term position or who have been staying home with children— she cautions, Times have changed, and you must, too. With suggestions gleaned from a survey of 600 hiring managers across the country, Ryan emphasizes the computer and Internet proficiencies universally demanded, shares tools for job searching online, advises job candidates to get a makeover to look more professional, and—in the book's most useful sections—shows how to fine-tune a résumé (she advises that each résumé and cover letter be tailored to the particular job and that the job title be explicitly listed in a career objective line). Her suggestions are candid, sensible, and refreshingly specific. With actual examples of résumés and cover letters, a résumé quiz and a companion Web site with salary tools and other online resources, this book is essential reading for job seekers. (Jan.)
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Statistics don’t lie. Despite recessionary gloom and doom, jobs do exist—and baby boomers, thanks to their work ethic, sheer numbers, and a host of other factors, are more than capable of landing new positions. Boston-based career counselor and author (60 Seconds and You’re Hired! 1994) Ryan insists that the 40-, 50-, and 60-year-old has more than a fighting chance to compete in the marketplace—proven by a number of actual case histories. Her hunting techniques, though not all that differentiated, are presented logically and with enthusiasm and are accompanied by plenty of examples. Make sure you craft a 60-second sell (that is, your credentials)—and nail it for presentations. Update your appearance in the right ways. Skirt salary requirements by doing basic research. Look for hidden jobs through networks and social media, not cold calling and mass mailings. Information on interviewing and salary negotiations is somewhat condensed, though she does refer readers to her Web site. Positive reinforcement and a foundation for the jobs ahead of us. --Barbara Jacobs

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143116983
• ISBN 13: 9780143116981
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256