Where Age Is No Barrier
Legacy creation. Values alignment. Giving back. These rise in importance for workers later in their careers, often after spending decades deferring them. By the time we hit our 50s and 60s (and sometimes beyond), most of us still want to be …
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Let’s start by answering the second question. ABSOLUTELY NOT! With that out of the way, we can move to the first question and the age-signaling workplace biases around names. I began to think about this as I was mulling over the slang …
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Last week I was at a breakfast that included job seekers over 40, and I was struck by how weary many of them were. I felt like I was standing at Mile 22 of a marathon, yelling “You can do it!” as exhausted runners plodded by. Let’s be …
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Until we inhabit a world where ageism ceases to exist, second-best for more experienced people in the workforce may be to project an X-factor I call agelessness. I define agelessness as a vibe that does not shout your age. Instead, it …
[Read more...] about The X Factor: 5 Ways to Be Ageless in Job Search
Yesterday I sat in a window seat on a flight from Atlanta to San Francisco as we taxied for takeoff. I gazed out the window and looked back at the airport when the jet turned onto the runway. The engines roared and we began to accelerate. …
