How to Combat Ageism During a Job Search
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Is ageism affecting your career opportunities?
Helen Sanchez, Founder of Tanagui, will teach you about tools and techniques that you can leverage during conversations with hiring managers when you encounter ageism.
Join us to develop effective strategies for navigating age...
Is ageism affecting your career opportunities?
Helen Sanchez, Founder of Tanagui, will teach you about tools and techniques that you can leverage during conversations with hiring managers when you encounter ageism.
Join us to develop effective strategies for navigating age bias in professional spaces. With over 20 years of experience in recruiting, Helen has advice on how to confidently position yourself as a mature professional when applying for a new job.
You’ll leave this session with new approaches for tackling tricky interview questions, and you’ll gain the confidence to use them in your next interview!
In this chat, we’ll talk about:
- Modern resume do’s and don’ts
- How to use your years of experience as an asset
- Strategies to address ageism in the workplace
Meet The Speaker
Helen’s background includes over twenty years working in recruiting, education in Women and Gender Studies, as well as African American Studies. She is the founder of Tanagui Career Consultants, whose primary focus is to offer services that result in breakthrough resumes and interview mastery for women over 40.
Make sure to visit Tanagui's site and Facebook page. For more information, you can email Helen: hdsanchez@tanagui.com
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Q&A
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Since functional resumes reportedly don't work well with keyword searches that employers are doing is it best to remove dates of employment from resumes. How can this work if applications require dates?
By: AndreaPosted on 2023-03-27 -
Any suggestions on masking your real age besides leaving experience dating back 12+ years?
By: Cynthia, Visual designerPosted on 2023-03-27 -
What are some of the jobs one can go for after retirement (55yrs) How can one remain competent after 55 considering age/performance curve?
By: GideonPosted on 2023-03-27 -
1) What age is considered old for a potential job applicant in 2023? 2) What companies make inclusion for all in theory and practice a part of their company culture and show that by hiring older...
By: JoAnn, Independent Visual|Graphic DesignerPosted on 2023-03-26 -
Is there a subtle way to make the interviewer aware that ageism might be an unconscious bias of theirs?
By: Angela, Environmental Compliance ManagerPosted on 2023-03-23 -
How do you handle the question about age, or the year you graduated high school? Thanks!
By: Bess, DEI&B Advocate & Apellate SpecialistPosted on 2023-03-23 -
How do you navigate ageism, with respect to a career change, when you're later in your career?
By: Si'Mone, Manager & Program AnalystPosted on 2023-03-20 -
Hello, Does anyone know a recruiter(s) or talent acquisitionist(s) currently hiring for environmental engineers or plastic engineers in the age group of 55 years old-65 years old?
By: Joy, DirectorPosted on 2023-03-20 -
How about if you're older AND you're changing careers? COVID caused me to close my small business. I have transferrable skills, but my breadth of experience will give away my age. Any tips?
By: KathyPosted on 2023-03-20 -
Is it necessary to try to hide your age on your CV ?
By: SusanPosted on 2023-03-20 -
I just completed a job application where the question was: How old are you? then a drop down with age groups appeared. While it is not illegal to ask this question, when it gets down to it, how...
By: Cynthia, Advance Resolution RepresentativePosted on 2023-03-20 -
What is the best way to structure your resume such that your age isn’t easily determined by your years of experience or time in a role? Even the year you graduated makes it easy to guess one’s age.
By: Hilda, Director Of Inside SalesPosted on 2023-03-19 -
What should I remove from my resume to hide my age?
By: Amy, VPPosted on 2023-03-19 -
What are the best ways in the actual interview to battle ageism?
By: Mimi, Director of Digital MarketingPosted on 2023-03-19 -
How do you detect when age is a factor during interviews?
By: StaceyPosted on 2023-03-16 -
Age 57, former media director of Coca-Cola China, HK, Taiwan with a decade more of advertising agency experience before that in both NYC & Asia. I haven’t ‘worked’ in last 20 years of raising...
By: Cynthia TotolisPosted on 2023-03-14 -
Looking for help as an over 50 trying to re-enter the tech field as a software engineer. I have 3 degrees, 2 in tech & 1 (my earliest) in business management. Also much previous experience (all...
By: Margaret, Computer OperatorPosted on 2023-03-13 -
How do I convince them that I do indeed want to be an IC AND I have valuable skills to offer as an IC?
By: Brenda, Partner managerPosted on 2023-03-13 -
How do you show your experience without them doing "guesswork"about your age when you need to include more than 7-10 years of work experience?
By: KaleenaPosted on 2023-03-12 -
I am 59 years old and I feel that the required fields listed on an application asking education questions where you have to provide the date could be a factor in the difficulty I am having in...
By: BobbiePosted on 2023-03-12 -
What is the best way to market yourself to be considered as a viable candidate despite your age and depth of experience
By: Moja, Certified Professional CoachPosted on 2023-03-12 -
How to respond as a 35 and 60 years old candidate to ageism remarks?
By: PatriciaPosted on 2023-03-12
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