Feisty Side of Fifty/Baby Boomer Women

Have a job interview coming up? How would you like to make a great first impression, connect with the interviewer, and convey your points with confidence and clarity? If so, it’s time to borrow a page from the self-help gurus and act “as if.” Oprah Winfrey is the undisputed master of interviewing and no one [...]

March 13th, 2012 | Tags: baby boomer, baby boomer blog, baby boomer blogs, baby boomer generation, baby boomer women, baby boomers, boomer, boomers, career change, Feisty Side of Fifty Radio, finding a job, how to find a job, how to get a job, how to interview, interview questions, job interviews, job search, jobseekers, Land the Job You Love!, looking for a job, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women over 50, mature women over fifty, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, over 50, over 50 women, women 50+, women fifty plus, women over 50, women over fifty, women over fifty blogs | Category: Careers at Midlife, Inspiring Each Other | Leave a comment

Technical innovations, the globalization of the marketplace, increased competition, and demands from consumers have all contributed to making today’s workplace a volatile one. Terms like “change management,” “life-long learning,” “multi-tasking,” and “cross functional skill sets” echo the demands now made upon managers, employees, entrepreneurs, and jobseekers. With all of this constant change, how can you, [...]

February 28th, 2012 | Tags: baby boomer, baby boomer women, baby boomers, boomer, boomers, career change, finding a job, how to find a job, how to get a job, job search, jobseekers, Land the Job You Love!, looking for a job, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women, older women, over 40, over 50, over 50 women, over fifty women, women 50+, women fifty plus, women over 40, women over 50, women over fifty | Category: Careers at Midlife, Inspiring Each Other | Comments (2)

Jobseekers over 50 have long recognized that technology has significantly altered the process for finding work. This is especially true when it comes to resumes. Most mid- to large-sized companies are now using applicant tracking systems to perform a first-level screening of incoming resumes. Although the software has been around for a while, many are [...]

February 7th, 2012 | Tags: baby boomer blogs, baby boomer generation, baby boomers, find a job, how to find a job, job search, jobseekers, Land the Job You Love!, looking for a job, Mary Eileen Williams, resume screeners, resume tips, resumes, women 50+, women fifty plus, women over 50, women over fifty | Category: Careers at Midlife | Leave a comment

Just because you’re a woman over 50 doesn’t mean you have it all figured out. In many cases, it’s to the contrary. Suzanne Braun Levine writes of the “Fertile Void,” that time in a woman’s life between first and second adulthood when every part of her reality seems to be in flux. Her mindset is [...]

January 27th, 2012 | Tags: aging, baby boomer generation, baby boomer women, baby boomers, Gloria Feldt, Land the Job You Love!, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women, menopause, midlife, older women, over 40, over 50, over 50 women, over fifty women, Suzanne Braun Levine, turning fifty, women 50+, women fifty plus, women over 40, women over 50, women over fifty | Category: Careers at Midlife, Inspiring Each Other | Comments (3)