OFFICE HOURS: Overcoming Ageism in the Job Search
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How is AGEISM affecting your future and aspirations? Come learn effective strategies and tools that you can use during interviews and conversations with hiring managers to stop letting your years of experience prevent you from getting that job.
We’ll be joined by Helen Sanchez, the...
How is AGEISM affecting your future and aspirations? Come learn effective strategies and tools that you can use during interviews and conversations with hiring managers to stop letting your years of experience prevent you from getting that job.
We’ll be joined by Helen Sanchez, the founder of Tanagui, for a 30-minute Office Hours session. With 20+ years of experience in recruiting, Helen has advice on how to best present yourself and spin your experience when applying for a new job. You’ll leave this session with new approaches for tackling those tricky interview questions, and the confidence to use them in your next interview!
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.
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Q&A
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What are the legal support to back up ageism?
By: Monique, RecruiterPosted on 2020-10-06 -
How do you overcome age bias?
By: DeborahPosted on 2020-10-06 -
I am 58, furloughed from my last job. Looks like I may have to start looking for a new job, but it's been 7 years, I feel lost.
By: MartaPosted on 2020-10-06 -
I am trying to shift my career, I have obtained certification but now I need to refresh my experience - I am looking to transition from Accounting Systems to Information Security without going all...
By: Monica, FinancePosted on 2020-10-06 -
Is it wise to exclude more current roles in an effort to highlight roles that directly pertain to a position being applied for? Or does that just highlight that I am older?
By: JodiPosted on 2020-10-06 -
My most relevant experience was a long stretch that ended nine years ago. How do I emphasize this experience without overemphasizing that I started that job in the mid-1990s?
By: TeriPosted on 2020-10-06 -
How do I show employment experience without showing I am a much older applicant with my 40+ years of experience
By: DebbiePosted on 2020-10-06 -
How can I best present myself as a midlife (44 yrs) career changer into tech from communications and management?
By: Autumn, CommunicationsPosted on 2020-10-04 -
I’m returning to the job market after some time away - how can I make it clear that just because I’m older it doesn’t mean that I lack the tech skills (or the ability to learn new ones)?
By: LisaPosted on 2020-10-04 -
what advice can you give women who plan to work into their 70's. associations and networks?
By: Joi, Account ManagerPosted on 2020-10-02 -
How are you able to look for signs that it may be that vs. something else or only that reason?
By: Pam, Business AnalystPosted on 2020-10-02 -
It's such a frustrating topic because it's one thing you can't change! What are the tips you have for us with questions like "how do you work effectively with talented & competitive junior staff"?
By: Lyly, MarketerPosted on 2020-09-25 -
This has been a challenge for me where I'm in the interview with the hiring manager and it feels like I'm unable to clearly convey I can do the job well by pulling from my gained experience. In...
By: Ty, Customer ServicePosted on 2020-09-21 -
What guidance would you provide for those over 45+ years during and post the pandemic?
By: Yvonne, Management and OperationsPosted on 2020-09-09
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