Career Advice
From Marc Cenedella
November 16, 2009
Enlightened employers know that older workers bring wisdom, maturity, and experience to the table, but too often, it seems, that doesn't translate into a level playing field in the interview.
Personal Branding
How Old Are You?
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November 16, 2009
From Marc Cenedella
Enlightened employers know that older workers bring wisdom, maturity, and experience to the table, but too often, it seems, that doesn't translate into a level playing field in the interview.
Top 100 Resume Keywords
November 2, 2009
By John Hazard
What are the words recruiters use most often to find the candidates they’re searching for? These are the top 100 terms used by recruiters to find candidates on TheLadders.
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Tuning Your Resume to the Right Keywords
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November 2, 2009
By Lisa Vaas
The resume keywords you use can make or break your match with an open position. How can you find and deploy the right keywords to aim your resume at the job you want?
Changing Industries, Then Changing Back
October 30, 2009
By Darryl K. Taft
This IT pro left technology marketing to earn his fortune in real estate. He needed a new resume to cover his absence when he decided to return to technology five years later.
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10 Ways to Wreck Your Personal Brand
October 29, 2009
By William Arruda
The Web makes it easy to spread your message. But if you make these errors, exposure can hurt you professionally.
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Dodging the Job Interview Question of Age Again and Again
October 26, 2009
By Patty Orsini
Brian Haley keeps trying to dodge irrelevant job interview questions about his age as Human Resources managers invent new ways to ask.
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Experts Answer Questions About Age Discrimination and Job Interviews
October 26, 2009
By Matthew Rothenberg
Our experts answer your questions about how to manage job interviewers that reveal your age and invite age discrimination.
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Five Ways to Dodge and Deflect Job interview and Application Questions about Your Age
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October 26, 2009
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How to answer age-related questions on a job application or in a job interview.
‘How Old Are You?’: Readers Tell Job Interview Tales
October 26, 2009
By Patty Orsini
Some questions, like "How old are you?" are off limits. But how do you gracefully duck the question without offending the questioner?
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How to Get Job References Without Asking
October 22, 2009
By Scott Ginsberg
You want people saying, “I know someone who’s unbelievable at that.” If your friends aren’t saying this yet, they will be soon.
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