Today, the over-forty set is concerned about job prospect – more so if they are unemployed. It’s true that people over 40 can find job hunting more difficult, but there’s no reason to be discouraged. Instead, usefully employ your skills and relate your value to organizations’ bottom lines.
Actually, the age factor is now a myth. The advantages of being a worker over forty are many, including having stronger work e » Read more: A Career Management Primer For People Over 40
Our work often gives us our sense of personal identity, providing us with self-respect and social status. When meeting someone for the first time, one of the most common questions asked is ‘what do you do’? Although we like to complain about our jobs, generally work is seen as a positive thing and if we didn’t have work to occupy us our lives would lose a lot of its meaning. Some view work as their main supply of satisfact » Read more: Career Management Planning and Outplacement
I remembered the story of Trish, a former colleague. I had not forgotten because it was the catalyst for a new strategy for career advancement that I developed.
In my various roles of human resources, I advise my clients to consider a series of strategies for self-promotion to advance their careers. Accordingly, the case study below, I developed a new strategy to take the initiative to ensure that employees of the company, they are updated by the file Department of Human Resources and Then in their employee file a precis of all new skills, qualifications or experience they gained. This is important if they do not want to be overlooked for a promotion, apply for specific projects, a fair compensation for a good reference and precise, and as we continue to see the “real” case study work. » Read more: Who is Managing your Career?
